Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West by Hampton SidesMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a fascinating history of the remarkable figure of 'Kit' Carson as it interweaves with the duplicitous subjugation of the proud and lethal Navajo, first under the long-lived noble warrior and then with the elusive and resourceful Manuelito headmen of the Diné people before, during and after the Long Walk Period. It is also interesting to read of this Polk expansionism and period from the Mexican to Civil Wars with a California and Navajo focus instead of the more widely known Texas and (Santa Ana) Mexican angle.
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