ebooks The Religious Mysticism of the Upanishads. Selected Texts With Translations and Notes by Robert Gordon Milburn in History

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A magnificent history of the American conquest of the West; "a story full of authority and color; truth and prophecy" (The New York Times Book Review).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 fiercely resistant rulers of a huge swath of mountainous desert wilderness.At the center of this sweeping tale is Kit Carson; the trapper; scout; and soldier whose adventures made him a legend. Sides shows us how this illiterate mountain man understood and respected the Western tribes better than any other American; yet willingly followed orders that would ultimately devastate the Navajo nation. Rich in detail and spanning more than three decades; this is an essential addition to our understanding of how the West was really won.