Lions of the West : heroes and villains of the westward expansion /
Morgan, Robert,1944-
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
2011.
Traces the lives of 10 Americans who played significant roles in the country's westward expansion.
"A Shannon Ravenel Book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Traces the lives of 10 Americans who played significant roles in the country's westward expansion.
Pioneers
Pioneers
Presidents