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Lions of the West [electronic resource] : heroes and villains of the westward expansion / Robert Morgan. |
| Authors: | Morgan, Robert, 1944- |
| Call number: | DOWNLOADABLE E-BOOK |
| Publisher: | Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2011. |
| Publication date: | 2011. |
| Subject: |
Pioneers -- United States -- Biography.
Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography. Presidents -- United States -- Biography. Downloadable e-books. United States -- Territorial expansion. West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848. |
| Go to: | E-Book |
| Title: | Lions of the West [electronic resource] : heroes and villains of the westward expansion / Robert Morgan. |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Physical description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 497 p.) : ill., maps. |
| Contents note: | Brief chronology of the westward expansion era -- Presidents and vice-presidents before the Civil War -- Prologue : the empire for liberty -- Thomas Jefferson : he sees the elephant -- Andrew Jackson : Old Hickory at the Bend -- John Chapman : apples and angels -- David Crockett : comedian and martyr, his life and death -- Sam Houston : the president who loved to dance -- James K. Polk : Young Hickory keeps a diary -- Winfield Scott : Old Fuss and Feathers goes to the mountain -- Kit Carson : taking Boone's Trace to the Pacific -- Nicholas Trist : the search for a father voice -- Epilogue : John Quincy Adams : Old Man Eloquent. |
| Notes: | This e-book purchase was made possible by gifts to the The Indianapolis Public Library Foundation from Friends of the Library and The Library Fund, a fund of the Indianapolis Foundation. "A Shannon Ravenel Book." Description based on print version record. |
| Summary note: | Traces the lives of 10 Americans who played significant roles in the country's westward expansion. |
| Biography note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
| Available in other form: | Morgan, Robert, 1944- Lions of the West. 1st ed. |
| ISBN: | 9781616201197 (electronic bk.) 1616201193 (electronic bk.) |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1366566 |
| Bib No.: | 1366566 |
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