America 1844
Subtitle: religious fervor, westward expansion, and the presidential election that transformed the nation
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781613730102
Table of contents: title: 1844 chronology; title: Prologue: New Year's Day at the White House; title: "This glorious hope"; title: A prophet for president; title: "Annexation and war...are identical"; title: "Who the devil is Polk?"; title: The missionary and the publicist; title: To Oregon and California; title: Summer of discontent; title: The great disappointment; title: "The severest struggle ever witnessed"; title: Epilogue: the shaping of America