Has anybody read. . .

[kerry savee]

Blood and Thunder published in 2006 is a real page turner. It is a biography of Kit Carson and how he became a general during the Civil War under Gen. Carleton and how he used his knowledge of indian culture to subjugate the Navajo. Highly recommended.

Kerry

<i>"ride your horse forward and set him straight"</i> Gustav Steinbrecht

[Pat Holscher]

Originally posted by kerry savee
<br />Blood and Thunder published in 2006 is a real page turner. It is a biography of Kit Carson and how he became a general during the Civil War under Gen. Carleton and how he used his knowledge of indian culture to subjugate the Navajo. Highly recommended.

Kerry

<i>"ride your horse forward and set him straight"</i> Gustav Steinbrecht

Thank you. I may download it from Audible.com and give it a listen, so to speak.

I'm normally not real keen on CD books, but when I have some road time to absorb, I like them. This might be a good candidate.

Pat

[browerpatch]

"Complicity, How the North Promoted, Prolonged, and Profited from Slavery"

By Anne Farrow, Joel Lang, and Jenifer Frank, of the Hartford Courant.

I'm just starting it, and it looks pretty good. It does not lessen the role of the South in slavery, rather it seems to more rationally discuss the "complicity" of the North in the peculiar institution.

Anyone else read it?

Frank

[Pat Holscher]

Originally posted by kerry savee
<br />Blood and Thunder published in 2006 is a real page turner. It is a biography of Kit Carson and how he became a general during the Civil War under Gen. Carleton and how he used his knowledge of indian culture to subjugate the Navajo. Highly recommended.

Kerry

<i>"ride your horse forward and set him straight"</i> Gustav Steinbrecht

Thanks for this excellent recommendation. In anticipation of driving all over, I downloaded this book from audible.com. It's really good.

Adding to the pleasure, I've had the really odd experience of driving through some of the places mentioned in the book as the CD is discussing something pertaining to them.

This book is hard to describe. The advertisement for it uses the word "epic", and it is. It's a sweeping history, and well done.

I believe this to be by the same author that wrote "Ghost Soldiers", a former Sports Illustrated correspondent. I liked that book, but this one is so much broader in content, I'm surprised its by the same author. Very well done, and thanks Kerry for the recommendation. I likely would not have picked this up but for reading about it here, and I am very much enjoying it.

Pat

[Pat Holscher]

Border Conflict: Villistas, Carrancistas and the Punitive Expedition, 1915-1920 by Joseph Allen Stout?

Pat

[Pat Holscher]

The U.S. Cavalry Horse by William H. Carter? I see a reprint is out.

Pat

[selewis]

No, but I was thinking of getting a copy (Yahoo told me I should). I be curious to know what folks think of it.

Sandy

[Pat Holscher]

Originally posted by selewis
<br />No, but I was thinking of getting a copy (Yahoo told me I should). I be curious to know what folks think of it.

Sandy

The Scholar's Bookshelf has it marked down to a semi-ridiculously cheap price, so I was thinking of picking it up too.

Pat

[selewis]

After you, Pat. If there's any left tomorrow I may go for it.

Sandy

[John Fitzgerald]

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<br />Blood and Thunder published in 2006 is a real page turner. It is a biography of Kit Carson and how he became a general during the Civil War under Gen. Carleton and how he used his knowledge of indian culture to subjugate the Navajo. Highly recommended.

Kerry

<i>"ride your horse forward and set him straight"</i> Gustav Steinbrecht

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Thanks for this excellent recommendation. In anticipation of driving all over, I downloaded this book from audible.com. It's really good.

Adding to the pleasure, I've had the really odd experience of driving through some of the places mentioned in the book as the CD is discussing something pertaining to them.

This book is hard to describe. The advertisement for it uses the word "epic", and it is. It's a sweeping history, and well done.

I believe this to be by the same author that wrote "Ghost Soldiers", a former Sports Illustrated corresondant. I liked that book, but this one is so much broader in content, I'm surprised its by the same author. Very well done, and thanks Kerry for the recomendation. I likely would not have picked this up but for reading about it here, and I am very much enjoying it.

Pat
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I recently read this book too. I really enjoyed it. The Mexican War, the Civil War (in the west), and the subjugation of the indians all wrapped up into one book. It cleared up some big holes in my knowledge about the southwest.

John Fitzgerald
Eagle County, Colorado

Ride'm like you stole'm

[Pat Holscher]

Has anyone read U.S. ARMY OLYMPIC EQUESTRIAN COMPETITIONS, 1912-1948 by Robert D. Thompson? Apparently it came out in 2008.

[Pat Holscher]

Has anyone here read "Lost To The West" on the Byzantine Empire?

[Pat Holscher]

Just out by Nathan Philbrick, author of the excellent "Mayflower", is "The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn".

I'd think the last thing American military history would need is another telling of this particular battle, but Philbrick's "Mayflower" was very good, in my opinion, so I'm tempted.

Has anyone picked it up?