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Blood and Thunder : An Epic of the American West / Hampton Sides.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781400031108
- Physical Description: xi, 575 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Anchor Books edition.
- Publisher: New York : Anchor Books, 2007.
- Copyright: ©2006
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: New York : Doubleday, c2006. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-548) and index. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston County Library - Main Library | 978.02 SIDES (Text) | 2601867191 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
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Table of Contents
Blood and Thunder : The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Prologue: Hoofbeats | p. 1 | |
| Book 1 | The New Men | |
| 1 | Jumping Off | p. 7 |
| 2 | The Glittering World | p. 22 |
| 3 | The Army of the West | p. 29 |
| 4 | Singing Grass | p. 37 |
| 5 | Blue Bead Mountain | p. 45 |
| 6 | Who Is James K. Polk? | p. 53 |
| 7 | What a Wild Life! | p. 63 |
| 8 | The Ruling Hand of Providence | p. 67 |
| 9 | The Pathfinder | p. 74 |
| 10 | When the Land Is Sick | p. 81 |
| 11 | The Un-Alamo | p. 86 |
| 12 | We Will Correct All This | p. 91 |
| 13 | Narbona Pass | p. 94 |
| 14 | The Uninvaded Silence | p. 97 |
| 15 | On the Altar of the Country | p. 101 |
| 16 | A Perfect Butchery | p. 106 |
| 17 | The Fire of Montezuma | p. 111 |
| 18 | Your Duty, Mr. Carson | p. 116 |
| 19 | Daggers in Every Look | p. 127 |
| 20 | Men with Ears Down to Their Ankles | p. 134 |
| 21 | The Hall of Final Ruin | p. 139 |
| 22 | The New Men | p. 150 |
| Book 2 | A Broken Country | |
| 23 | The Grim Metronome | p. 155 |
| 24 | Lords of the Mountains | p. 165 |
| 25 | The Devil's Turnpike | p. 174 |
| 26 | Our Red Children | p. 189 |
| 27 | Cold Steel | p. 192 |
| 28 | El Crepusculo | p. 206 |
| 29 | American Mercury | p. 229 |
| 30 | Time at Last Sets All Things Even | p. 237 |
| 31 | A Broken Country | p. 246 |
| 32 | The Finest Head I Ever Saw | p. 269 |
| 33 | The Death Knot | p. 275 |
| 34 | Men Without Eyes | p. 283 |
| 35 | Blood and Thunder | p. 299 |
| Book 3 | Monster Slayer | |
| 36 | The Fearing Time | p. 325 |
| 37 | People of the Single Star | p. 340 |
| 38 | The Sons of Some Dear Mother | p. 362 |
| 39 | The Round Forest | p. 379 |
| 40 | Children of the Mist | p. 396 |
| 41 | General Orders No. 55 | p. 417 |
| 42 | Fortress Rock | p. 429 |
| 43 | The Long Walk | p. 445 |
| 44 | Adobe Walls | p. 458 |
| 45 | The Condition of the Tribes | p. 471 |
| 46 | Crossing Purgatory | p. 482 |
| Epilogue: In Beauty We Walk | p. 493 | |
| A Note on the Sources | p. 499 | |
| Notes | p. 503 | |
| Selected Bibliography | p. 531 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 549 | |
| Index | p. 551 | |
| Art Credits | p. 557 |
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