Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West
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The author of the bestselling Ghost Soldiers returns with a thrilling chronicle of how the West was really won. Between 1846, when President James K. Polk declared war on Mexico, and 1865, when the South was defeated in the Civil War, the United States invaded and conquered the West, creating a mighty nation that stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific. How this was accomplished is an epic tale of both shame and glory. BLOOD AND THUNDER tells the story of how "Manifest Destiny" was forcibly carried out. The Washington Post - Jeffrey Lent The truth of history is often fickle and difficult to determine, and Sides demonstrates his awareness of this with a riveting narrative focus. Like the authors of many other recent works of popular history, Sides dispenses with footnotes but offers an exhaustive bibliography that underscores the scope of this monumental undertaking. Not only does Blood and Thunder capture a pivotal moment in U.S. history in marvelous detail, it is also authoritative and masterfully told.
Prologue: Hoofbeats 1The New MenJumping Off 7The Glittering World 22The Army of the West 29Singing Grass 37Blue Bead Mountain 45Who Is James K. Polk? 53What a Wild Life! 63The Ruling Hand of Providence 67The Pathfinder 74When the Land Is Sick 81The Un-Alamo 86We Will Correct All This 91Narbona Pass 94The Uninvaded Silence 97On the Altar of the Country 101A Perfect Butchery 106The Fire of Montezuma 111Your Duty, Mr. Carson 116Daggers in Every Look 127Men with Ears Down to Their Ankles 134The Hall of Final Ruin 139The New Men 150A Broken CountryThe Grim Metronome 155Lords of the Mountains 165The Devil's Turnpike 174Our Red Children 189Cold Steel 192El Crepusculo 206American Mercury 229Time at Last Sets AllThings Even 237A Broken Country 246The Finest Head I Ever Saw 269The Death Knot 275Men Without Eyes 283Blood and Thunder 299Monster SlayerThe Fearing Time 325People of the Single Star 340The Sons of Some Dear Mother 362The Round Forest 379Children of the Mist 396General Orders No. 55 417Fortress Rock 429The Long Walk 445Adobe Walls 458The Condition of the Tribes 471Crossing Purgatory 482Epilogue: In Beauty We Walk 493A Note on the Sources 499Notes 503Selected Bibliography 531Acknowledgments 549Index 551Art Credits 557
