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Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West

by Hampton Sides

In the summer of 1846, the Army of the West marched through Santa Fe, en route to invade and occupy the Western territories claimed by Mexico. Fueled by the new ideology of “Manifest Destiny,” this land grab would lead to a decades-long battle between the United States and the Navajos, the fiercely resistant rulers of a huge swath of mountainous desert wilde

Publisher

Anchor Books

Publication date

2007

Format

Print edition

Pages

578

ISBN

9781400031108