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I was assigned this book as a text on a course I took during the summer about the American West. Little did I realize at the time that this was not a typical college text. This multi-storied, many-faceted, fast-paced book instead proved to be one of the most gripping novels I had ever read. An excellent offering of the compexities, nuances, and quirks of fate of history, humans, and heroism.
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Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West by Hampton Sides
yellowrose, July 7, 2008
I was assigned this book as a text on a course I took during the summer about the American West. Little did I realize at the time that this was not a typical college text. This multi-storied, many-faceted, fast-paced book instead proved to be one of the most gripping novels I had ever read. An excellent offering of the compexities, nuances, and quirks of fate of history, humans, and heroism.(2 of 4 readers found this comment helpful)