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Authors Hampton Sides, On Desperate Ground; Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic, Indianapolis; and Bruce Dinges, A Just and Righteous Cause; discussed their respective military history books at the…

Mr. Sides talked about his book Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II’s Most Dramatic Mission, published by Doubleday. The book tells the story of 121 elite Army Rangers w…

Daniel James Brown, S.C. Gwynne, and Hampton Sides talked about how they use character, plot, and pacing to write nonfiction narratives and biographies. “History with a Novelist’s Touch: …

Hampton Sides talked about his book, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette, in which he recounts the U.S. naval expedition to the North Pole in 1879…

Hampton Sides talked about his book, Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West, in which he chronicles the history of the American conquest of the…

Hampton Sides talked about his book, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette. The interview took place at the 2014 BookExpo America, the publishing…

Hampton Sides talked about his book Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West, published by Doubleday. He described the violence and deception used by American explorers against Indian…

From the 2010 Tucson Festival of Books, a panel discussion on writing history for a popular audience. The panelists included: Hampton Sides, Hellhound On His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Lu…

Mr. Sides talked about his book, Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II’s Most Dramatic Mission, published by Doubleday. In a writing workshop on narrative form nonfiction …