The Great West
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 36,2 MB
Release : 1880
Category : Northwestern States
ISBN :
The American Heritage Book of Great Adventures of the Old West
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Publisher :
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 31,62 MB
Release : 1969
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
Twenty true adventure stories by noted Western authors on the Alamo, the gold rush, Geronimo and the Lincoln County War, etc.
American Heritage History of the Great West
Author : David Lavender
Publisher : New Word City
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 27,18 MB
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 161230821X
Book Description
The story of America's westward movement is at heart the story of men and women of all origins and beliefs who helped shape the character of a nation. They lived a stirring epic, the telling of which grows ever more fascinating it becomes ever more remote. It has become a romance, a drama of men and women against the forces of a stupendous land and nameless terrors. Pain and violence tormented whites and Indians alike. Here, from award-winning historian David Lavender, is their enduring story.
Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans
Author : Edward Eggleston
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Page : 172 pages
File Size : 40,50 MB
Release : 1895
Category : Readers
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Book Description
American Heritage History of the United States
Author : Douglas Brinkley
Publisher : New Word City
Page : 555 pages
File Size : 31,80 MB
Release : 2015-04-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1612308570
Book Description
"Douglas Brinkley and American Heritage have done a grand job. This is a first-rate book: fair, clear, and enormously welcome." - David McCullough "Douglas Brinkley's one-volume history is a riveting narrative of unique people who have come to call themselves American. There is no dust on these pages as the author brilliantly tells our national story with skill and brevity." In this rich and inspiring book, acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley takes us on the incredible journey of the United States - a nation formed from a vast countryside on whose fringes thirteen small British colonies fought for their freedom, then established a democratic nation that spanned the continent, and went on to become a world power. This book will be treasured by anyone interested in the story of America.
American Heritage History of Early America: 1492-1776
Author : Robert G. Ahearn
Publisher : New Word City
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 42,30 MB
Release : 2016-01-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1612309402
Book Description
Here, from American Heritage, is the human, vital story of America's beginnings - from the journeys of early explorers and the founding of the Plymouth and Jamestown colonies to the French and Indian Wars and victory in the War of Independence.
The American Heritage History of the Great West
Author : David Lavender
Publisher :
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 46,46 MB
Release : 1965
Category : United States
ISBN :
Book Description
American Heritage History of the Civil War
Author : Bruce Catton
Publisher : New Word City
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 32,13 MB
Release : 2014-08-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1612307906
Book Description
Here is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Bruce Catton’s unsurpassed account of the Civil War, one of the most moving chapters in American history. Introduced by Pulitzer Prize-winner James M. McPherson, the book vividly traces the epic struggle between the Blue and Gray, from the early division between the North and South to the final surrender of Confederate troops.
American Heritage History of the American Revolution
Author : Bruce Lancaster
Publisher : New Word City, Inc.
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 48,75 MB
Release : 2014-12-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1612308317
Book Description
"A magnificent book. . . . Bruce Lancaster's text is terse, rapid, lucid, and dramatic . . . filled with the color and excitement of a grim and bloody war." – The New York Times The American Heritage History of the American Revolution is the complete chronicle of the Revolutionary War told in full detail. Lancaster starts his story with an examination of colonial society and the origins of the quarrel with England. He details the ensuing battles and military campaigns from Lexington and Concord to the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, as well as the tense political and social situation of the new nation. The American Heritage History of the American Revolution details the birth of America with insight and depth.
Opening the West With Lewis and Clark
Author : Edwin L. Sabin
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 24,10 MB
Release : 2021-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase. Sabin's novel follows the expedition as it made its way westward and crossed the Continental Divide of the Americas before reaching the Pacific Coast.
