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Blood and Thunder - The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West (Paperback)
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Blood and Thunder - The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West (Paperback)
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List price R561
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Discovery Miles 4 530
You Save R108 (19%)
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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.
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