Shovel Of Stars
Subtitle: The Making of the American West 1800 to the Present
Publisher: Touchstone
Published: April 10, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9780684814926
Subjects: American history; West (U.S.); History: American; History - U.S.; USA; United States - 19th Century/Old West; United States - State & Local - General; History / General; History-United States - State & Local - General; Frontier and pioneer life; History
First sentence: Captain Amos Stoddard, an artillery officer in the United States Army, arrived in St. Louis in February 1804 in the midst of a peculiar situation.