An exploration of the history of the United States from the Constitution to the Civil War.
An enormously entertaining classic, THE WAY WEST brings to life the adventure of the western passage and the pioneer spirit. The sequel to THE BIG SKY, this celebrated novel charts a frontiersman's return to the untamed West in 1846.
A collection of historical accounts about the American West includes Elmer Kelton's exploration into the later lives of the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Bill Gulick's profile of the steamboat days in the Pacific ...
He argued his denial successfully in the House of Representatives in 1837, and Republic president Sam Houston authorized Coffee's ... The Re— public had recruited soldiers and boarded them in a hotel, or boarding house, that Sophia ran.
In 1853, Amelia Stewart Knight left Iowa with her husband and seven children to seek a new life in the untamed wilderness of the Oregon Territory. Her authentic diary offers...
The Way West: True Stories of the American Frontier
The Way West: Art of Frontier America