The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West
by Hampton Sides
Recommended by Joe Rogan
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in American History, Most Recommended Books, and History.
In the fall of 1846 the venerable Navajo warrior Narbona, greatest of his people?s chieftains, looked down upon the small town of Santa Fe, the stronghold of the Mexican settlers he had been fighting his whole long life. He had come to see if the rumors were true?if an army of bluesuited soldiers had swept in from the East and utterly defeated his...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in American History, Most Recommended Books, and History.
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Joe Rogan
American broadcaster, comedian, and actor (born 1967)
“Another amazing book on the Wild West and the conflicts Native Americans had with early settlers.”
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“Accidental Presidents offers eight narrative portraits of men who succeeded to the U.S. presidency without election, using anecdote-rich scenes and readable context to show how personality and circumstance interact with office power. It’s strongest as a set of self-contained stories that make succession stakes concrete for non-specialist readers; it does not prioritize dense archival argument or exhaustive methodology, so expect some interpretive generalizations and repeated themes across cases. Use it for fast historical orientation rather than scholarly deep-dives.”
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