Blood And Thunder: An Epic of the American West - Rilegato

Sides, Hampton

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ISBN 10: 0316027456 ISBN 13: 9780316027458

Casa editrice: Little, Brown, 2006

Riassunto

In the autumn of 1846 the Navajo warrior Narbona looked down upon the small town of Santa Fe, the stronghold of the Mexican settlers he had been fighting his whole life. He saw that it was true that an army of blue-suited soldiers had swept in from the east and defeated his old enemy. But what did the arrival of these 'New Men' mean for the Navajo? Narbona could not know that the 'Army of the West' was only the vanguard of an inexorable tide fuelled by a self-righteous ideology know as Manifest Destiny. Hampton Sides's extraordinary book brings the history of the American conquest of the West to life. At the centre of it all stands the remarkable figure of Kit Carson - the legendary trapper, scout and soldier. Carson was an illiterate mountain man who twice married Indian women and understood the tribes better than any other American alive; yet he was also a cold-blooded killer and an unquestioning patriot who willingly followed orders tantamount to massacre. BLOOD AND THUNDER is a chronicle of one of a pivotal era in American history: grand in scope, immediate in detail, impeccably researched and historically revelatory.

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Recensione:

Absorbing and well written . . . Anyone who has read Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian or grew up on John Ford westerns will be enlightened. Those yet to read that novel or see the movies will find that this book adds deep resonances to their pleasure' Michael Moorcock Guardian (10/3/07) (** 'This history of Carson encapsulates themes of American mythology that seem otherworldly but remain endlessly fascinating.')

SUNDAY BUSINESS POST ('Hampton Side s' outstanding narrative history has all the virtues: stirring set pieces, deft character studies, colourful descriptions of battles and of nature... a riveting tale where, for once, the word "epic" is not hyperbole' Frank McLynn, Independen)

A familiar story [told] with compelling narrative zest' Robert McCrum, Observer ('Sides eloquently paints the landscape and history of the 19th century Southwest, combinIng Larry McMurtry's lyricism with the historian's attachments to facts')

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY ('The type of sweeping history that was written by the likes of Bernard DeVoto and David Lavender . . . [but] he populates his story not just with white Americans but also with diverse Indian peoples and Mexicans. And he does so with balance and sensitivit)

Descrizione del libro:

A chronicle of one of the most pivotal eras in American history by the author of the international bestseller GHOST SOLDIERS

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• Editore: Little, Brown
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0316027456
• ISBN 13: 9780316027458
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 480