Planting the American Flag
Subtitle: Twelve Men Who Expanded the United States Overseas
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: February 9, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780786429837
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; Biography: general; Colonization & independence; History; History - U.S; History: American; North America; Reference; United States - General; History / World; Military - Korean War; Armed Forces; Biography; Politicians; Statesmen; United States
Description: "Here are biographies of 12 men instrumental in the incorporation of America's five island dependencies. Besides Charles Wilkes, it covers Richard W. Meade III, Albert B. Steinberger, Henry Glass, Nelson A. Miles, B. F. Tilley, Joseph B. Foraker, William A. Jones, Frank McIntyre, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Paul M. Pearson, and Anthony M. Solomon"--Provided by publisher.