Westward expansion
By: James D. Torr, book editor.
Contributors: Torr, James D., 1974-
Series: Interpreting primary documents
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Sources -- Juvenile literature; Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- History -- Sources -- Juvenile literature; Indians of North America -- Government relations -- Sources -- Juvenile literature; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Sources; Indians of North America -- West (U.S) -- History -- Sources; Indians of North America -- Government relations -- Sources; West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration -- Sources -- Juvenile literature; West (U.S.) -- History -- Sources -- Juvenile literature; United States -- Territorial expansion -- Sources -- Juvenile literature; West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration -- Sources; West (U.S.) -- History -- Sources; United States -- Territorial expansion -- Sources
Genres: Sources; Juvenile literature.; Sources.
Description: Uses primary source materials, including letters and magazine articles of the time, to examine the exploration and conquest of the American West by explorers and settlers of European descent.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The lure of the west; title: Conquest of native America; title: Manifest Destiny; title: The Western railroads.