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Blood and Thunder (book)

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Author
  
Hampton Sides

Language
  
English

Publication date
  
2006

Country
  
United States

Publisher
  
Doubleday

Genre
  
History/American History

Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West (Doubleday, 2001), is a non-fiction book written by American historian and author, Hampton Sides. It focuses on the transformation of the American West during the 19th Century.

Contents

Key Figures

  • Kit Carson: Frontiersman, wilderness guide and member of the Union Army.
  • Narbona: Prominent Navajo strongman and leader.
  • Stephen W. Kearny: Brigadier General in the United States Army and fixture of the Mexican-American War.
  • Henry Hopkins Sibley: Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army.

    • Reviews

  • The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review
  • USA Today, Book Reviews
  • The Washington Post

    • Media

  • National Public Radio, Author Interviews.
  • On Point with Tom Ashbrook; WBUR-FM, Boston.
  • CBS News Sunday Morning.
  • C-SPAN; Cities Tour.
  • C-SPAN.
  • The Diane Rehm Show, NPR.
  • The New York Times Best Seller list, The New York Times Book Review.

    • References

    Blood and Thunder (book) Wikipedia
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