The American Frontier: Pioneers, Settlers, & Cowboys, 1800-1899
- ISBN-10
- 0806131292
- ISBN-13
- 9780806131290
- Series
- The American Frontier
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Author
- William C. Davis
Description
The author of "The Fighting Men of the Civil War" now masterfully chronicles the grand history of the territory beyond the Mississippi, with particular attention to exploration, expansion, conflict, and settlement.
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