Cormac Mccarthy's Blood Meridian

Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian has been called one of the greatest works of American literature, and is considered by many to be the masterpiece among McCarthy’s works. The quality of McCarthy’s work is in large part a credit to his writing process, a great deal of which involved historical research. When paralleling McCarthy’s text against various historical accounts of nineteenth century America, one soon learns how thorough McCarthy was in his research. For example, McCarthy pulls a great deal from Samuel Chamberlain’s My Confession when constructing Judge Holden as a character within his novel. The historical accuracy of Holden’s depiction extends from his physical appearance, to his character qualities, to the events he’s depicted as