02982cam a2200433 i 4500 700266430 TxAuBib 20230316120000.0 071106t20072006||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2006016579 9781400031108 pbk. 1400031109 pbk. TxAuBib rda Sides, Hampton,. Blood and thunder : the epic story of Kit Carson and the conquest of the American West / Hampton Sides. First Anchor Books edition. New York : Anchor Books, 2007. ©2006. xi, 578 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Originally published: New York : Doubleday, c2006. Includes bibliographical references (pages [531]-548) 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 -- The new men -- 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 -- A broken country -- 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. 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. 20230316. 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 West (U.S.) History 19th century. Navajo Indians History 19th century. West (U.S) History 19th century. West (U.S) History, Military 19th century. United States Territorial expansion. Southwest, New History 1848- Nonfiction.