Blood and thunder : an epic of the American West /
Sides, Hampton.
Blood and thunder : an epic of the American West / Hampton Sides. - 1st ed. - New York : Doubleday, c2006. - xi, 460 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Maps on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-440) and index.
Prologue: Hoofbeats -- THE NEW MEN: Jumping off -- The glittering world -- The army of the West -- Singing grass -- Blue Bead Mountain -- Who is James K. Polk? -- What a wild life! -- The ruling hand of providence -- The pathfinder -- When the land is sick -- The un-Alamo -- We will correct all this -- Narbona Pass -- The uninvaded silence -- On the altar of the country -- A perfect butchery -- The fire of Montezuma -- Your duty, Mr. Carson -- Daggers in every look -- Men with ears down to their ankles -- The hall of final ruin -- A BROKEN COUNTRY: The grim metronome -- Lords of the mountains -- The devil's turnpike -- Our red children -- Cold steel -- El Crepusculo -- American mercury -- Time at last sets all things even -- The finest head I ever saw -- The death knot -- Men without eyes -- Blood and thunder -- MONSTER SLAYER: The fearing time -- People of the single star -- The sons of some dear mother -- The round forest -- Children of the mist -- General orders no. 15 -- Fortress rock -- The long walk -- Adobe walls -- The condition of the tribes -- Crossing purgatory -- Epilogue: In beauty we walk.
0385507771
9780385507776
2006016579
Carson, Kit, 1809-1868.
United States. Army --History--19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)
Indians of North America--Wars--West (U.S.)
Indians of North America--History--West (U.S.)--19th century.
Navajo Indians--History--19th century.
Southwest, New--History--1848-
United States--Territorial expansion.
West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
West (U.S.)--History, Military--19th century.
Blood and thunder : an epic of the American West / Hampton Sides. - 1st ed. - New York : Doubleday, c2006. - xi, 460 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Maps on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-440) and index.
Prologue: Hoofbeats -- THE NEW MEN: Jumping off -- The glittering world -- The army of the West -- Singing grass -- Blue Bead Mountain -- Who is James K. Polk? -- What a wild life! -- The ruling hand of providence -- The pathfinder -- When the land is sick -- The un-Alamo -- We will correct all this -- Narbona Pass -- The uninvaded silence -- On the altar of the country -- A perfect butchery -- The fire of Montezuma -- Your duty, Mr. Carson -- Daggers in every look -- Men with ears down to their ankles -- The hall of final ruin -- A BROKEN COUNTRY: The grim metronome -- Lords of the mountains -- The devil's turnpike -- Our red children -- Cold steel -- El Crepusculo -- American mercury -- Time at last sets all things even -- The finest head I ever saw -- The death knot -- Men without eyes -- Blood and thunder -- MONSTER SLAYER: The fearing time -- People of the single star -- The sons of some dear mother -- The round forest -- Children of the mist -- General orders no. 15 -- Fortress rock -- The long walk -- Adobe walls -- The condition of the tribes -- Crossing purgatory -- Epilogue: In beauty we walk.
0385507771
9780385507776
2006016579
Carson, Kit, 1809-1868.
United States. Army --History--19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)
Indians of North America--Wars--West (U.S.)
Indians of North America--History--West (U.S.)--19th century.
Navajo Indians--History--19th century.
Southwest, New--History--1848-
United States--Territorial expansion.
West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
West (U.S.)--History, Military--19th century.