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Kit Carson, a legend of the American West, was a trapper, guide, and soldier. Yet most people don’t know that he not only helped conquer the West, but also deeply understood and tried to honor the native peoples there. In Blood and Thunder (2006), historian Hampton Sides details his life and times, set against the backdrop of the decades-long battle between the Navajos and the Americans who threatened their land, their power, and their very way of life.