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Blood and thunder : an epic of the American West

Author: Hampton Sides
Publisher: New York Anchor Books 2006.
Edition/Format:  Print book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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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.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Hampton Sides
ISBN: 0385507771 9780385507776
OCLC Number: 1005144182
Notes: Maps on lining papers.
Awards: Winner of Reading the West (Nonfiction) 2007
Winner of Spur Awards (Nonfiction-Historical) 2007
Commended for Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize (Nonfiction) 2007
Description: xi, 460 pages illustrations, maps 25 cm
Responsibility: Hampton Sides.

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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.

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