Blood and Thunder : An Epic of the American West

Resumen del libro

Hampton Sides's extraordinary book brings the history of the American conquest of the West to ringing life. It is a tale with many heroes and villains, but 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. 'Hampton Sides' 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, Independent on Sunday

Biografía del autor

Historiador, autor y periodista estadounidense, conocido sobre todo por sus emocionantes historias de aventuras ambientadas en guerras o representando épicas expediciones de descubrimiento y exploración. Es autor de gran parte de las obras de no ficción más vendidas en los últimos años en Estados Unidos: Americana, Hellhound on His Trail, Ghost Soldiers, Blood and Thunder. Sides es editor de la revista Outside y ha escrito para otros periódicos y revistas como National Geographic, The New Yorker, Esquire, Men's Journal y The Washington Post.