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Originally Posted by Rtrorkt
For those of you interested in the US Southwest, this is a great book.
...starts before the Mexican War and takes place throughout the transition to US control. Oh and Kit Carson, the central character, is shown to have made 5 trips from Taos/Santa Fe to LA in the mid 1850's. Can you picture the terrain? That was one tough guy
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Anything by Hampton Sides.
His level of research is over the top.
Kingdom of the Ice (USS Jeanette)
Hellbound on His Trail (James Earl Ray)
Ghost Soldiers (Bataan death march rescue)
Bill K