The Mexican War - Creation of the American West
In July of 1846, Gen. Stephen Kearny at the direction of President Polk set off on one of the most ambitious and successful military adventures in history, capturing New Mexico and California and dramatically increasing the size of the United States. One of our favorite authors, Winston Groom is a great story teller and vividly brings to life Kearny's amazing life and adventures in "Blood and Thunder: the Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West",
Top Recommendation for July
Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West, by Hampton Sides (2011 - 336 pp)
The remarkable journey of Kearny's band of 2000 soldiers on a mission to help secure the SW and CA in 1846. Historic encounters with the Mormons, Kit Carson, the Donner party
The Mex. war is not exactly on everyone’s radar, but this is a great story about a really interesting aspect of it…and a good history of all of the military action in Mex. Well written, entertaining and breezes right along.