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Cargando... Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West (2006 original; edición 2006)por Hampton Sides (Autor)
Información de la obraBlood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West por Hampton Sides (Author) (2006)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Kit Carson represents an old-fashioned ideal of the Wild West mountain man who helped to settle the United States during the heyday of Western expansion. In Blood and Thunder, author Hampton Sides tries to bring some modern sensibilities to the story as he writes alternating histories of Carson and the Navajo tribe that Carson ultimately helps to defeat. Sides uses a lot of primary sources to try and paint Carson and the Navajo in an honest light, but the book stays clearly in the pro-Carson lane while exploring the atrocities endured by the Native American tribes. A little bit long and redundant at times, Blood and Thunder was still a fascinating and deep dive into Carson and the history of the West. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Examines America's westward expansion, describing the forcible subjugation of Native American tribes, including the fierce battles against the Navajo which ended with a brutal siege at Canyon de Chelly and the "Long Walk" migration. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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In my quest to better understand the history of the Southwest and of New Mexico, in particular, and the Indian Wars, this book was enlightening, not so much because it was about Kit Carson, but because of the "rest of the story," and the author's vivid descriptions and story-telling skills. ( )