Blood and Thunder
The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West
by Hampton Sides
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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
“Another amazing book on the Wild West and the conflicts Native Americans had with early settlers.”
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