Hampton Sides
Author of Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission
About the Author
Hampton Sides, contributing editor of "Outside" & editor of "The Wild File," is also the author of "Ghost Soldiers". He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Publisher Provided) Hampton Sides received a BA in history from Yale University. He is editor-at-large for Outside Magazine and has also written show more for National Geographic, The New Yorker, Esquire, Preservation, and Men's Journal. His magazine work has been nominated twice for National Magazine Awards for feature writing. He is the author of several books including Ghost Soldiers, Blood and Thunder, Hellhound on His Trail, and In the Kingdom of Ice. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Author Hampton Sides at the 2018 Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas, United States. By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74237058
Works by Hampton Sides
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission (2001) 2,782 copies, 55 reviews
Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West (2006) — Author — 1,896 copies, 41 reviews
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (2014) — Author — 1,278 copies, 58 reviews
Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the International Hunt for His Assassin (2010) — Author; Narrator, some editions — 930 copies, 46 reviews
On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle (2018) — Author — 351 copies, 20 reviews
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook (2024) — Author — 233 copies, 11 reviews
Why Moths Hate Thomas Edison: And Other Urgent Inquiries into the Odd Nature of Nature (Outside Books) (2001) — Editor — 65 copies
Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission {abridged audio} (2001) 32 copies, 3 reviews
Stomping Grounds: A Pilgrim's Progress Through Eight American Subcultures (1992) — Author — 29 copies
In pursuit of happiness 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Sides, Hampton
- Legal name
- Sides, W. Hampton
- Birthdate
- 1962
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- Places of residence
- Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA - Education
- Yale University
- Occupations
- journalist
- Organizations
- Outside
- Awards and honors
- 2002 PEN USA Award for nonfiction
2002 Discover Award from Barnes & Noble - Short biography
- Hampton Sides (born 1962 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American historian and journalist. He is the author of Hellhound on His Trail, Ghost Soldiers, Blood and Thunder, and other bestselling works of narrative history and literary non-fiction. Sides is editor-at-large for Outside magazine and has written for such periodicals as National Geographic, The New Yorker, Esquire, Men's Journal, and The Washington Post. His magazine work, collected in numerous published anthologies, has been twice nominated for National Magazine Awards for feature writing.
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The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides
Chronicle of Captain James Cook's voyages of discovery
Oh, and he couldn't SWIM. ? I guess that's common but good grief, common on Captain. I am pretty clueless about the trajectory of voyages of all these explorers, so I love how I thought this was going to be all cold and Alaskan and it ended up being all tropical and Hawaiian.
nonfiction/history - Captain Cook's ill-fated voyage to find a passage through northern North America, and his interactions with various native peoples along the way -- as thoroughly researched as known resources and records will allow, and pretty balanced in light of not having as much to go from on the natives' sides.
well done and very interesting look at a man who wasn't perfect, but who is often given the short stick.
well done and very interesting look at a man who wasn't perfect, but who is often given the short stick.
In The Wide, Wide Sea, Hampton Sides tries to present a factual and unbiased account of Captain James Cook’s third and ultimately fatal voyage. Using as many first-hand accounts as possible — including oral histories from the indigenous people — Sides does an admirable job of not deifying or demonizing Cook, but trying to ascertain his true actions and motives. Sometimes heavily documented texts can get boring, but Sides keeps things moving, and the actual voyage is too fascinating to ever become dull. I really enjoyed this book, and recommend it to readers of nonfiction who like sea voyages, exploration, and history.… (more)
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- Works
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- Members
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- Popularity
- #3,140
- Rating
- 4.2
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- ISBNs
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