Lions of the West, heroes and villains of the westward expansion, Robert Morgan
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Lions of the West, heroes and villains of the westward expansion, Robert Morgan
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 461-497) and index
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non fiction
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Lions of the West
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bibliography
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712124022
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Robert Morgan
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heroes and villains of the westward expansion
Summary
Traces the lives of 10 Americans who played significant roles in the country's westward expansion
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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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