W. Hampton Sides, Author, Hampton Sides, Author William Morrow & Company $20 (272p) ISBN 978-0-688-09049-4
Contemplating the various subcultures into which Americans organize themselves, freelance journalist Sides once mused, ``If an American was into tiddlywinks, he could start a national association, and tiddlywinkers in their thousands would come...
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HPopular writer and Outside
columnist Sides (Stomping Grounds) interviewed participants in one of WWII's little-known exploits—the rescue of 500 American and Allied POWs from Cabanatuan prison camp on the Philippine island of Luzon. This...
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Hampton Sides, Author . Doubleday $26.95 (480p) ISBN 978-0-385-50777-6
Although delivering little in the way of new information, Sides, an Outside
magazine editor-at-large and bestselling author (Ghost Soldiers
), eloquently paints the landscape and history of the 19th-century Southwest, combining Larry McMurtry's
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Hampton Sides, Author . Doubleday $27.95 (480p) ISBN 978-0-385-52392-9
The counterpoint between two driven men—one by a quest for justice, the other by an atavistic hatred—propels this engrossing study of the King assassination. Sides, author of the bestselling Ghost Solders
, shows us a King all but...
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Hampton Sides. Doubleday, $28.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-385-53537-3
In a masterful retelling, Sides (Hellhound on His Trail) chronicles American naval officer George Washington De Long’s harrowing 1879 expedition to the North Pole, an account as frightening as it is fascinating. Each page envelops readers in the...
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Hampton Sides. Doubleday, $30 (416p) ISBN 978-0-385-54115-2
Sides (In the Kingdom of Ice) updates the much-chronicled, epic winter fighting retreat from the Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War in this splendid account. In September 1950, countering a June invasion by communist North Korean forces, Gen....
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Hampton Sides, read by the author, Random House Audio, unabridged, 12 CDs, 15 hrs., $45 ISBN 978-0-7393-5892-4
Sides delivers an arresting account of the last days of Martin Luther King Jr. and the hunt to capture his killer, James Earl Ray. Sides provides not just a clear history of events, but a gripping narrative that puts readers into the room with key...
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Hampton Sides, read by Arthur Morey. Random House Audio, , unabridged, 14 CDs, 17.5 hrs., $45 ISBN 978-0-307-96654-4
The latest nonfiction thriller from Sides recounts the ill-fated North Pole voyage of the U.S.S. Jeannette during the late 1870s and early 1880s, which captivated newspaper readers of the era. Veteran narrator Morey displays his gift for...
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Hampton Sides. Doubleday, $35 (432p) ISBN 978-0-385-54476-4
Bestseller Sides (On Desperate Ground) recreates in this propulsive account the final expedition of Captain James Cook (1728–1779), which culminated with his murder by native Hawaiians. Diving into the long-standing mystery of what went wrong, Sides
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