History of US

Name: History of US
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ISBN: 9780195153286

ISBN-10: 0195153286

ISBN-13: 9780195153286

Edition: 3rd 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Joy Hakim

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Early nineteenth-century America could just about be summed up by Henry David Thoreau's words when he said, "Eastward I go only by force, but westward I go free." It was an exuberant time for the diverse citizens of the United States, who included a range of folk, from mountain men and railroad builders to whalers and farmers, as they pushed forward into the open frontier and all their hopes and fears are captured in Liberty for All? In addition to colorful accounts of the massive westward migration, the California Gold Rush, a war with Mexico, the Oregon boundary conflict, Texas and the Alamo, Liberty for All? takes a deep look at the issue that began to gnaw at the country's core: How, in…

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List price: $15.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/15/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 9.02" wide x 7.52" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English



Preface: Antebellum--Say Aunty Belle and Add um



The Long Way West



Mountain Men



Riding the Trail to Santa Fe



Susan Magoffin's Diary


Feature: The New Americans Are Called Immigrants



Pioneers: Taking the Trail West


Feature: "Another Fine Cow Died This Afternoon"



Getting There



Latter-Day Saints



Coast-to-Coast Destiny



A Hero of His Times



Texas: Tempting and Beautiful



Fighting Over a Border



There's Gold in Them Hills


Feature: the Chinese, the Know-Nothings, and Abraham Lincoln



Clipper Ships and Pony Express


Feature: Dots, Dashes, the Computer, and Idea Connections



Flying by Stagecoach


Feature: Keeping Up with the Presidents and Other Things



Arithmetic at Sea



Thar She Blows!



A Japanese Boy in America



Cities and Progress



A Land of Movers



Workin' on the Railroad



"She Wishes to Ornament Their Minds"


Feature: Special Teachers



Do Girls Have Brains?



Seneca Falls and the Rights of Women


Feature: Climb Every Mountain



A Woman Named Truth



Life in the Mills



Working Women and Children


Feature: I Am Well Which is One Comfort



American Writers



Mr. Thoreau--at Home with the World



Melville and Company



If a Poet Writes You a Letter, Pay Attention



Painter of Birds and Painter of Indians


Feature: the United States of Artists


Feature: American Folk Art



Amistad Means Friendship



Webster Defends the Union



Big Problems and a Little Giant



A Dreadful Decision



Fleeing to Freedom



Over the River and Underground



Seven Decades


Chronology of Events


More Books to Read


Picture Credits


Index


A Note from the Author


Atlas