A Whole Country in Commotion
Subtitle: The Louisiana Purchase and the American Southwest
Contributors: Patrick G. Williams (Editor); S. Charles Bolton (Editor); Jeannie M. Whayne (Editor)
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: April 15, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781557287847
Subjects: Louisiana; To 1803; History - U.S.; Essays; United States - Revolutionary War; Southwest, Old; History: American; Louisiana Purchase; United States - Antebellum Era; United States - State & Local - South; 19th century; United States - State & Local - General; Frontier and pioneer life; History
First sentence: A prominent historian recently commented that Americans do not have much use for history, but they sure like anniversaries.