Hampton Sides

Hampton Sides is an acclaimed narrative historian and best-selling author. He is known for his ability to turn meticulous historical research into gripping, novelistic non-fiction. Sides serves as an editor-at-large for Outside magazine and has written for National Geographic, The New Yorker, and The Washington Post. His work often focuses on themes of exploration, war, and survival in extreme environments.\n\nHis notable works include Ghost Soldiers, In the Kingdom of Ice, and his recent book, The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook. Sides is celebrated for his storytelling ability, bringing historical figures to life and reconstructing past events with cinematic detail. He manages to balance scholarly accuracy with the pacing of a thriller, making him one of the most popular historians writing today.