Westward expansion
By: David C. King.
Series: American heritage, American voices
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.; Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Sources.; West (U.S.) -- History -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.; West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- Territorial expansion -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.; West (U.S.) -- History -- Sources.; United States -- Territorial expansion -- Sources.
Genres: Sources; Juvenile literature.; Biography; Sources.
Description: Uses letters, excerpts from journals and diaries, newspaper articles, and other primary source material to provide a look at life during the second half of the nineteenth century when many Americans moved westward.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-129) and index.