Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West (2006) by Hampton Sides
Could have been subtitled "Kit Carson and the Navajo Nation"
"Blood and thunder" was the term used for the pulp fiction of the time, which made Kit Carson an even larger than life character than he already was.
More shameful chapters in American history, some of this is not for the sqeamish.
In the multi-way battle for the larger territory of New Mexico, plenty of atrocities were committed by the United States, Mexico, and various tribes (including, but not limited to Navajo, Commanche, Apache).
The book is a biography of Kit Carson with plenty of support material thrown in for good measure.
It is hard to fathom the amount of hardships and evil that people had to endure.
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