Visions of the American West
eBook - ePub

Visions of the American West

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Visions of the American West

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Maps
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Prologue. The West as History and Myth
  9. Chapter 1. Lewis and Clark: The Corps of Discovery
  10. Chapter 2. The Mountain Men: To Risk a Skin for a Skin
  11. Chapter 3. The Plains Indians: As Long as the Grass Grows and the Water Flows
  12. Chapter 4. Gold and Silver: The Quest for El Dorado
  13. Chapter 5. The Missionaries: For God and Country
  14. Chapter 6. Trails West: Santa Fe, Oregon, and Mormon
  15. Chapter 7. The Military in the West: Glory, Shame, and Pathos
  16. Chapter 8. Settlement in the Interior: Land, Sodbusters, and Cowboys
  17. Epilogue. The Enduring West
  18. Notes
  19. A Short Representative Bibliography
  20. Index