A sinister splendor Blakely, Mike creator author. text novel Fiction. Historical fiction. Historical fiction. War fiction. War fiction. War stories. War stories. Western fiction. Western fiction. nyu 2019 2019 First Edition. monographic eng print 443 pages : map ; 25 cm Pairing extensive research with a brilliance for reviving the past in gripping narrative, Spur Award-winning author Mike Blakely has penned an epic novelization of the Mexican-American War in A Sinister Splendor. It's 1845. Texas joins the union and Mexico threatens war over the disputed Texas border. Meanwhile, expansionists dream of an America that sprawls all the way to the Pacific Coast. Can a conflict with an already war-torn Mexico satisfy this lust for territory? The Mexican-American War becomes the heroic proving ground for future Civil War generals and presidents of the United States, Mexico, and the Confederacy. But the glories of victory are tempered by the horrors of war--lives lost, bodies battered, souls shattered, dreams crushed, whole cities razed, and innocence forever dashed. Mike Blakely. n-mx--- n-us-tx Mexican War (1846-1848) 1846-1848 fast Mexican War, 1846-1848 Fiction FICTION / Westerns Mexican War, 1846-1848 Fiction Mexican-American Border Region Fiction Mexico Fiction Texas Fiction Mexico North America Mexican-American Border Region Texas PS3552.L3533 S53 2019 813/.54 [A Mexican War novel] 0765328380 9780765328380 1429943610 9781429943611 9781429943611 2018045273 pda,print DLC 180928 20250318223711.6 in00004170272 eng