Kearny's March The Epic Creation of the American West, 1846-1847

Name: Kearny's March The Epic Creation of the American West, 1846-1847
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ISBN: 9780307270962

ISBN-10: 0307270963

ISBN-13: 9780307270962

Edition: 2011

Authors: Winston Groom

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A thrilling account of a pivotal moment in American history. In June 1846, General Stephen Watts Kearny rode out of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with two thousand cavalrymen bound for California. James Polk had recently won the presidency by threatening England over the borders in Oregon, while Congress had just voted, in defiance of the Mexican government, to annex Texas. After Mexico declared war on the United States, Kearny#x19;s Army was sent out, carrying orders to occupy Mexican territory. When his expedition ended a year later, the nation had doubled in size and stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. Winston Groom recounts the amazing adventure and danger that Kearny and his…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/8/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.562
Language: English



Author's Note: What's in a Name?


Maps



A People in Motion



Mr. Polk Gets His War



The Pathfinder



True West



Kearny's March



The Santa Fe Trail



Some Days You Eat the Bear; Some Days the Bear Eats You



"The Dogs Bark, but the Caravan Moves On"



In Old Monterrey



Dancing on Air



Doniphan's Expedition



The Fight of Their Lives



The Death Trap



The Horror



Political Treachery, Military Insubordination, Discovery of Zion, and the Salvation of Children



Last Roll Call: A Warm Salute


Notes on Sources and Acknowledgments


Bibliography


Index