Lions of the West : heroes and villains of the westward expansion /
Morgan, Robert, 1944-
Lions of the West : heroes and villains of the westward expansion / Robert Morgan. - 1st ed. - Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, c2011. - xxiii, 497 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
"A Shannon Ravenel Book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781565126268
2011023832
Pioneers--United States--Biography.
Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Biography.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
United States--Territorial expansion.
West (U.S.)--History--To 1848.
E179.5 / M67 2011
978/.02
Lions of the West : heroes and villains of the westward expansion / Robert Morgan. - 1st ed. - Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, c2011. - xxiii, 497 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
"A Shannon Ravenel Book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781565126268
2011023832
Pioneers--United States--Biography.
Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Biography.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
United States--Territorial expansion.
West (U.S.)--History--To 1848.
E179.5 / M67 2011
978/.02