Table of Contents for Kearny's March : The Epic Creation of the American West, 1846-1847


Author's Note: What's in a Name? xi
Maps
xiv
1 A People in Motion
3(9)
2 Mr. Polk Gets His War
12(17)
3 The Pathfinder
29(12)
4 True West
41(18)
5 Kearny's March
59(17)
6 The Santa Fe Trail
76(16)
7 Some Days You Eat the Bear; Some Days the Bear Eats You
92(18)
8 "The Dogs Bark, but the Caravan Moves On"
110(14)
9 In Old Monterrey
124(15)
10 Dancing on Air
139(28)
11 Doniphan's Expedition
167(18)
12 The Fight of Their Lives
185(28)
13 The Death Trap
213(14)
14 The Horror
227(10)
15 Political Treachery, Military Insubordination, Discovery of Zion, and the Salvation of Children
237(16)
16 Last Roll Call: A Warm Salute
253(26)
Notes on Sources and Acknowledgments 279(4)
Bibliography 283(12)
Index 295