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Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2011. |
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| Edition: |
1st ed. |
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| ISBN: |
9781565126268 1565126262 |
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| Call number: |
920.078 MOR |
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| Physical description: |
xxiii, 497 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
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| Subject: |
Pioneers -- United States -- Biography.
Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Territorial expansion.
West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848.
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| Note: |
"A Shannon Ravenel Book." Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Summary note: |
Traces the lives of 10 Americans who played significant roles in the country's westward expansion. |
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| Contents note: |
Brief chronology of the westward expansion era -- Presidents and vice-presidents before the Civil War -- Prologue : the empire for liberty -- Thomas Jefferson : he sees the elephant -- Andrew Jackson : Old Hickory at the Bend -- John Chapman : apples and angels -- David Crockett : comedian and martyr, his life and death -- Sam Houston : the president who loved to dance -- James K. Polk : Young Hickory keeps a diary -- Winfield Scott : Old Fuss and Feathers goes to the mountain -- Kit Carson : taking Boone's Trace to the Pacific -- Nicholas Trist : the search for a father voice -- Epilogue : John Quincy Adams : Old Man Eloquent. |
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