Morgan, Robert,  1944- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/> "A Shannon Ravenel Book." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781565126268 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011023832 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pioneers--United States--Biography.<br/>Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Biography.<br/>Presidents--United States--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Territorial expansion.<br/>West (U.S.)--History--To 1848.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E179.5  / M67 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>978/.02