Blood and Thunder
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Blood and Thunder is a historical narrative by Hampton Sides that chronicles the American conquest of the West through the life and times of frontiersman Kit Carson.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Blood and Thunder canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8448414 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blood and Thunder Context triple: [Hampton Sides, notableWork, Blood and Thunder]
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A.
Forty Guns
Forty Guns is a 1957 Western film directed by Samuel Fuller, known for its striking black-and-white Cinemascope visuals and Barbara Stanwyck’s powerful role as a ruthless ranch matriarch.
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B.
River of No Return
River of No Return is a 1954 Western adventure film starring Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum, known for its rugged frontier setting and dramatic river-rafting sequences.
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C.
End of the Trail
End of the Trail is a famous early 20th-century bronze sculpture depicting a weary Native American warrior slumped on his exhausted horse, symbolizing the suffering and displacement of Indigenous peoples in the United States.
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D.
Riders of the Black Hills
Riders of the Black Hills is a 1938 American Western film featuring cowboy heroes, frontier action, and classic genre tropes of the era.
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E.
A Man Called Horse
A Man Called Horse is a 1970 Western film in which an English aristocrat, played by Richard Harris, is captured by a Native American tribe and gradually assimilates into their culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blood and Thunder Target entity description: Blood and Thunder is a historical narrative by Hampton Sides that chronicles the American conquest of the West through the life and times of frontiersman Kit Carson.
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A.
Forty Guns
Forty Guns is a 1957 Western film directed by Samuel Fuller, known for its striking black-and-white Cinemascope visuals and Barbara Stanwyck’s powerful role as a ruthless ranch matriarch.
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B.
River of No Return
River of No Return is a 1954 Western adventure film starring Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum, known for its rugged frontier setting and dramatic river-rafting sequences.
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C.
End of the Trail
End of the Trail is a famous early 20th-century bronze sculpture depicting a weary Native American warrior slumped on his exhausted horse, symbolizing the suffering and displacement of Indigenous peoples in the United States.
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D.
Riders of the Black Hills
Riders of the Black Hills is a 1938 American Western film featuring cowboy heroes, frontier action, and classic genre tropes of the era.
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E.
A Man Called Horse
A Man Called Horse is a 1970 Western film in which an English aristocrat, played by Richard Harris, is captured by a Native American tribe and gradually assimilates into their culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biographical work
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book ⓘ history book ⓘ |
| author | Hampton Sides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
biography
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history ⓘ narrative history ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
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hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780385507776 ⓘ |
| hasOCLCNumber | 70267063 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American West
NERFINISHED
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American expansion ⓘ Kit Carson NERFINISHED ⓘ conquest of the American West ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audio
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
U.S. expansionist policy in the West
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life of Kit Carson ⓘ |
| notableEventDepicted |
Long Walk of the Navajo
NERFINISHED
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Mexican–American War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableGroupDepicted | Navajo people GENERATED ⓘ |
| notablePersonDepicted |
James H. Carleton
NERFINISHED
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Kit Carson NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen W. Kearny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| setInRegion |
American Southwest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Mexico Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Blood and Thunder Description of subject: Blood and Thunder is a historical narrative by Hampton Sides that chronicles the American conquest of the West through the life and times of frontiersman Kit Carson.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.