American Confluence: The Missouri Frontier from Borderland to Border State
- ISBN-10
- 0253346916
- ISBN-13
- 9780253346919
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 301
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Author
- Stephen Aron
Description
A bold new history of Missouri--the region where the American West begins.
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