F591.S54 2006
978'.02—dc22 2006016579
eISBN: 978-0-307-38767-7
v1.0
Table of Contents
Epigraph
Prologue: HOOFBEATS
Book One: THE NEW MEN
Chapter 1: JUMPING OFF
Chapter 2: THE GLITTERING WORLD
Chapter 3: THE ARMY OF THE WEST
Chapter 4: SINGING GRASS
Chapter 5: BLUE BEAD MOUNTAIN
Chapter 6: WHO IS JAMES K. POLK?
Chapter 7: WHAT A WILD LIFE!
Chapter 8: THE RULING HAND OF PROVIDENCE
Chapter 9: THE PATHFINDER
Chapter 10: WHEN THE LAND IS SICK
Chapter 11: THE UN-ALAMO
Chapter 12: WE WILL CORRECT ALL THIS
Chapter 13: NARBONA PASS
Chapter 14: THE UNINVADED SILENCE
Chapter 15: ON THE ALTAR OF THE COUNTRY
Chapter 16: A PERFECT BUTCHERY
Chapter 17: THE FIRE OF MONTEZUMA
Chapter 18: YOUR DUTY, MR. CARSON
Chapter 19: DAGGERS IN EVERY LOOK
Chapter 20: MEN WITH EARS DOWN TO THEIR ANKLES
Chapter 21: THE HALL OF FINAL RUIN
Chapter 22: THE NEW MEN
Book Two: A BROKEN COUNTRY
Chapter 23: THE GRIM METRONOME
Chapter 24: LORDS OF THE MOUNTAINS
Chapter 25: THE DEVIL’S TURNPIKE
Chapter 26: OUR RED CHILDREN
Chapter 27: COLD STEEL
Chapter 28: EL CREPUSCULO
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Chapter 29: AMERICAN MERCURY
Chapter 30: TIME AT LAST SETS ALL THINGS EVEN
Chapter 31: A BROKEN COUNTRY
Chapter 32: THE FINEST HEAD I EVER SAW
Chapter 33: THE DEATH KNOT
Chapter 34: MEN WITHOUT EYES
Chapter 35: BLOOD AND THUNDER
Book Three: MONSTER SLAYER
Chapter 36: THE FEARING TIME
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Chapter 37: PEOPLE OF THE SINGLE STAR
Chapter 38: THE SONS OF SOME DEAR MOTHER
Chapter 39: THE ROUND FOREST
Chapter 40: CHILDREN OF THE MIST
Chapter 41: GENERAL ORDERS NO. 15
Chapter 42: FORTRESS ROCK
Chapter 43: THE LONG WALK
Chapter 44: ADOBE WALLS
Chapter 45: THE CONDITION OF THE TRIBES
Chapter 46: CROSSING PURGATORY
Epilogue: IN BEAUTY WE WALK
A NOTE ON THE SOURCES
NOTES
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ART CREDITS
Also by Hampton Sides
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