Complemented by more than two hundred vintage and color photographs, the chronological story of the opening and settling of the West includes the success of the Lewis & Clark survey, the fur trade, the gold rush, the Pony Express, the ...
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Two outstanding historians rebuild the West at the center of the Western Civilizations course
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Discusses geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. Includes maps, illustrated fact spreads, and other relevant material. An overview of the states of Arizona, Nevada and Utah.
And so, when Lewis and Clark's Utile fleet swung out into the main current of the Missouri on a May afternoon in 1804, its members were traveling not as glorified spies scouting lands claimed by a foreign power but as the Corps of ...
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This volume offers a description of why the countryside of England looks the way it does in contemporary times. It covers the geology, archaeology and history of each area and what effects each has had on the landscape.
The book students will read: Concise. Relevant. Accessible. The West: A Narrative History is a concise but not abridged introduction to the West, encompassing all cultures that trace their ancestry to the ancient Mediterranean world.
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This historical account of the American West shows what the American frontier was really like, and describes the men and women who explored and finally tamed America.
"The West: a Narrative History" is a unique text in its field, as it was conceived and developed as a brief introduction to the history of the "West.
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