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A native of Memphis, Hampton Sides is editor-atlarge for Outside magazine and the author of the international best-seller, Ghost Soldiers (Doubleday), which was the basis for the 2005 Miramax film, The Great Raid. Ghost Soldiers won the 2002 PEN USA award for non-fiction and the 2002 Discover Award from Barnes & Noble, and his magazine work has been twice nominated for National Magazine Awards for feature writing. Hampton is also the author of Americana (Anchor) and Stomping Grounds (William Morrow). A graduate of Yale with a B.A. in history, he lives in New Mexico with his wife, Anne, and their three... Read More
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Blood and Thunder
Format: Trade Paperback, 624 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $16.95
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. 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... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 624 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $16.95
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. 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... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and in
large print hardcover.
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Ghost Soldiers
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2002
Price: $15.95
On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected U.S. troops slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty rugged miles to rescue 513 POWs languishing in a hellish camp, among them the last survivors of the infamous Bataan Death March. A recent prison massacre by Japanese soldiers elsewhere in the... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2002
Price: $15.95
On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected U.S. troops slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty rugged miles to rescue 513 POWs languishing in a hellish camp, among them the last survivors of the infamous Bataan Death March. A recent prison massacre by Japanese soldiers elsewhere in the... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
abridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
hardcover.
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Ghost Soldiers
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 5, 2006
Price: $19.99
A tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II.
On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected troops from the elite U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty miles in an attempt to rescue 513 American and British... Read more >
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 5, 2006
Price: $19.99
A tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II.
On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected troops from the elite U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty miles in an attempt to rescue 513 American and British... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download,
abridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Americana
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: April 13, 2004
Price: $13.95
Harley-Davidson bikers . . . Grand Canyon river rats. . .Mormon archaeologists. . . Spelling bee prodigies…
For more than fifteen years, best-selling author and historian Hampton Sides has traveled widely across the continent exploring the America that lurks just behind the scrim of our mainstream culture. Reporting for Outside, The New... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: April 13, 2004
Price: $13.95
Harley-Davidson bikers . . . Grand Canyon river rats. . .Mormon archaeologists. . . Spelling bee prodigies…
For more than fifteen years, best-selling author and historian Hampton Sides has traveled widely across the continent exploring the America that lurks just behind the scrim of our mainstream culture. Reporting for Outside, The New... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Blood and Thunder
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
On Sale: October 3, 2006
Price: $35.00
Praise for Blood and Thunder
“Kit Carson’s role in the conquest of the Navajo during and after the Civil War remains one of the most dramatic and significant episodes in the history of the American West. Hampton Sides portrays Carson in the larger context of the conquest of the entire West, including... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
On Sale: October 3, 2006
Price: $35.00
Praise for Blood and Thunder
“Kit Carson’s role in the conquest of the Navajo during and after the Civil War remains one of the most dramatic and significant episodes in the history of the American West. Hampton Sides portrays Carson in the larger context of the conquest of the entire West, including... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
trade paperback and in
large print hardcover.
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Ghost Soldiers
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2001
Price: $29.95
A tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II.
On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected troops from the elite U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty miles in an attempt to rescue 513 American and British... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2001
Price: $29.95
A tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II.
On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected troops from the elite U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty miles in an attempt to rescue 513 American and British... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
abridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Blood and Thunder
Format: Hardcover, 880 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $31.00
In the fall of 1846 the venerable Navajo warrior Narbona, greatest of his people’s chieftains, looked down upon the small town of Santa Fe, the stronghold of the Mexican settlers he had been fighting his whole long life. He had come to see if the rumors were true—if an army of... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 880 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $31.00
In the fall of 1846 the venerable Navajo warrior Narbona, greatest of his people’s chieftains, looked down upon the small town of Santa Fe, the stronghold of the Mexican settlers he had been fighting his whole long life. He had come to see if the rumors were true—if an army of... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Blood and Thunder
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 3, 2006
Price: $29.95
In the fall of 1846 the venerable Navajo warrior Narbona, greatest of his people’s chieftains, looked down upon the small town of Santa Fe, the stronghold of the Mexican settlers he had been fighting his whole long life. He had come to see if the rumors were true—if an army of... Read more >
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 3, 2006
Price: $29.95
In the fall of 1846 the venerable Navajo warrior Narbona, greatest of his people’s chieftains, looked down upon the small town of Santa Fe, the stronghold of the Mexican settlers he had been fighting his whole long life. He had come to see if the rumors were true—if an army of... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover,
trade paperback and in
large print hardcover.
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Blood and Thunder
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $16.95
Praise for Blood and Thunder
“Kit Carson’s role in the conquest of the Navajo during and after the Civil War remains one of the most dramatic and significant episodes in the history of the American West. Hampton Sides portrays Carson in the larger context of the conquest of the entire West, including... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $16.95
Praise for Blood and Thunder
“Kit Carson’s role in the conquest of the Navajo during and after the Civil War remains one of the most dramatic and significant episodes in the history of the American West. Hampton Sides portrays Carson in the larger context of the conquest of the entire West, including... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover,
trade paperback and in
large print hardcover.
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Americana
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.95
Harley-Davidson bikers . . . Grand Canyon river rats. . .Mormon archaeologists. . . Spelling bee prodigies…
For more than fifteen years, best-selling author and historian Hampton Sides has traveled widely across the continent exploring the America that lurks just behind the scrim of our mainstream culture. Reporting for Outside, The New... Read more >
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.95
Harley-Davidson bikers . . . Grand Canyon river rats. . .Mormon archaeologists. . . Spelling bee prodigies…
For more than fifteen years, best-selling author and historian Hampton Sides has traveled widely across the continent exploring the America that lurks just behind the scrim of our mainstream culture. Reporting for Outside, The New... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Hellhound On His Trail
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $27.95
From the acclaimed bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and Blood and Thunder, a taut, intense narrative about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the largest manhunt in American history.
On April 23, 1967, Prisoner #416J, an inmate at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, escaped in a breadbox. Fashioning himself... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $27.95
From the acclaimed bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and Blood and Thunder, a taut, intense narrative about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the largest manhunt in American history.
On April 23, 1967, Prisoner #416J, an inmate at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, escaped in a breadbox. Fashioning himself... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and in
large print trade paperback.
Hellhound On His Trail
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $27.95
From the acclaimed bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and Blood and Thunder, a taut, intense narrative about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the largest manhunt in American history.
On April 23, 1967, Prisoner #416J, an inmate at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, escaped in a breadbox. Fashioning himself... Read more >
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $27.95
From the acclaimed bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and Blood and Thunder, a taut, intense narrative about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the largest manhunt in American history.
On April 23, 1967, Prisoner #416J, an inmate at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, escaped in a breadbox. Fashioning himself... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and in
large print trade paperback.
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Ghost Soldiers
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 15, 2001
Price: $12.95
A tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II.
On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected troops from the elite U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty miles in an attempt to rescue 513 American and British... Read more >
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 15, 2001
Price: $12.95
A tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II.
On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected troops from the elite U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty miles in an attempt to rescue 513 American and British... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Blood and Thunder
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 3, 2006
Price: $15.00
In the fall of 1846 the venerable Navajo warrior Narbona, greatest of his people’s chieftains, looked down upon the small town of Santa Fe, the stronghold of the Mexican settlers he had been fighting his whole long life. He had come to see if the rumors were true—if an army of... Read more >
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 3, 2006
Price: $15.00
In the fall of 1846 the venerable Navajo warrior Narbona, greatest of his people’s chieftains, looked down upon the small town of Santa Fe, the stronghold of the Mexican settlers he had been fighting his whole long life. He had come to see if the rumors were true—if an army of... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover,
trade paperback and in
large print hardcover.
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Ghost Soldiers
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 26, 2004
Price: $12.95
A tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II.
On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected troops from the elite U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty miles in an attempt to rescue 513 American and British... Read more >
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 26, 2004
Price: $12.95
A tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II.
On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected troops from the elite U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty miles in an attempt to rescue 513 American and British... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Hellhound On His Trail
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $45.00
From the acclaimed bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and Blood and Thunder, a taut, intense narrative about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the largest manhunt in American history.
On April 23, 1967, Prisoner #416J, an inmate at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, escaped in a breadbox. Fashioning himself... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $45.00
From the acclaimed bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and Blood and Thunder, a taut, intense narrative about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the largest manhunt in American history.
On April 23, 1967, Prisoner #416J, an inmate at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, escaped in a breadbox. Fashioning himself... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and in
large print trade paperback.
Hellhound On His Trail
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $22.50
From the acclaimed bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and Blood and Thunder, a taut, intense narrative about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the largest manhunt in American history.
On April 23, 1967, Prisoner #416J, an inmate at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, escaped in a breadbox. Fashioning himself... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $22.50
From the acclaimed bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and Blood and Thunder, a taut, intense narrative about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the largest manhunt in American history.
On April 23, 1967, Prisoner #416J, an inmate at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, escaped in a breadbox. Fashioning himself... Read more >
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Hellhound On His Trail
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $28.00
From the acclaimed bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and Blood and Thunder, a taut, intense narrative about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the largest manhunt in American history.
On April 23, 1967, Prisoner #416J, an inmate at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, escaped in a breadbox. Fashioning himself... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $28.00
From the acclaimed bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and Blood and Thunder, a taut, intense narrative about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the largest manhunt in American history.
On April 23, 1967, Prisoner #416J, an inmate at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, escaped in a breadbox. Fashioning himself... Read more >
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Ghost Soldiers
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 17, 2002
Price: $15.95
A tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II.
On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected troops from the elite U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty miles in an attempt to rescue 513 American and British... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 17, 2002
Price: $15.95
A tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II.
On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected troops from the elite U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty miles in an attempt to rescue 513 American and British... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
abridged audiobook download,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Blood and Thunder
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 3, 2006
Price: $22.50
Praise for Blood and Thunder
“Kit Carson’s role in the conquest of the Navajo during and after the Civil War remains one of the most dramatic and significant episodes in the history of the American West. Hampton Sides portrays Carson in the larger context of the conquest of the entire West, including... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 3, 2006
Price: $22.50
Praise for Blood and Thunder
“Kit Carson’s role in the conquest of the Navajo during and after the Civil War remains one of the most dramatic and significant episodes in the history of the American West. Hampton Sides portrays Carson in the larger context of the conquest of the entire West, including... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover,
trade paperback and in
large print hardcover.
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