| Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West |  | Author: Hampton Sides
Publisher: Anchor
Category: Book
List Price: $17.00
Buy New: $8.80
as of 5/20/2012 02:58 CDT details
You Save: $8.20 (48%)
New (59) Used (131) Collectible (1) from $1.59
Seller: KEBA
Sales Rank: 7,961
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: Trade Paperback Edition
Pages: 624
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 5.2 x 1.3 x 8
ISBN: 1400031109
EAN: 9781400031108
ASIN: 1400031109
Publication Date: October 9, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
| |
| Also Available In:
|
| Similar Items:
| |
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
In the summer of 1846, the Army of the West marched through Santa Fe, en route to invade and occupy the Western territories claimed by Mexico. Fueled by the new ideology of “Manifest Destiny,” this land grab would lead to a decades-long battle between the United States and the Navajos, the fiercely resistant rulers of a huge swath of mountainous desert wilderness.In Blood and Thunder, Hampton Sides gives us a magnificent history of the American conquest of the West. At the center of this sweeping tale is Kit Carson, the trapper, scout, and soldier whose adventures made him a legend. Sides shows us how this illiterate mountain man understood and respected the Western tribes better than any other American, yet willingly followed orders that would ultimately devastate the Navajo nation. Rich in detail and spanning more than three decades, this is an essential addition to our understanding of how the West was really won.
|
| |
|
|
|
CERTAIN CONTENT THAT APPEARS ON THIS SITE COMES FROM AMAZON SERVICES LLC. THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED ‘AS IS’ AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR REMOVAL AT ANY TIME. | |
