![]() ![]() Fueled by the new ideology of “Manifest Destiny,” this land grab would lead to a decades-long battle between the United States and the Navajos, the fiercely resistant rulers of a huge swath of mountainous desert wilderness.Īt the center of this sweeping tale is Kit Carson, the trapper, scout, and soldier whose adventures made him a legend. In the summer of 1846, the Army of the West marched through Santa Fe, en route to invade and occupy the Western territories claimed by Mexico. ![]() ![]() From the author of Ghost Soldiers comes a magnificent history of the American conquest of the West-"a story full of authority and color, truth and prophecy" ( The New York Times Book Review). ![]()
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