Lions of the West Heroes and Villains of the Westward Expansion

Name: Lions of the West Heroes and Villains of the Westward Expansion
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ISBN: 9781616201890

ISBN-10: 1616201894

ISBN-13: 9781616201890

Edition: 2012

Authors: Robert Morgan

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From Thomas Jeffersonâ™s birth in 1743 to the California Gold Rush in 1849, Americaâ™s westward expansion comes to life in the hands of a writer fascinated by the way individual lives link up, illuminate one another, and collectively impact history. Jefferson, a naturalist and visionary, dreamed that the United States would stretch across the North American continent, from ocean to ocean. The account of how that dream became reality unfolds in the stories of Jefferson and nine other Americans whose adventurous spirits and lust for land pushed the westward boundaries: Andrew Jackson, John âœJohnny Appleseedâ Chapman, David Crockett, Sam Houston, James K. Polk, Winfield Scott, Kit Carson,…

Book details

List price: $20.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Publication date: 8/21/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 6.05" wide x 9.05" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Acclaimed author of best-seller "Gap Creek".



List of Maps


Brief Chronology of the Westward Expansion Era


Presidents and Vice Presidents before the Civil War


Prologue. The Empire for Liberty



Seeing the Elephant




Old Hickory at the Bend




Apples and Angels




Comedian and Martyr, His Life and Death




The President Who Loved to Dance




Young Hickory Keeps a Diary




Old Fuss and Feathers Goes to the Mountain




Taking Boone's Trace to the Pacific




The Search for a Father Voice



Epilogue: Old Man Eloquent



Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index