Lions of the West heroes and villains of the westward expansion
Record details
- ISBN: 1616201193 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9781616201197 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxiii, 497 p.) : ill., maps.
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electronic resource - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2011.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A Shannon Ravenel Book." |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted 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. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | DIGITAL (Text) | 66233-1001 | Alaska Digital Library E-Book | Available | - |
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