Lions of the West : heroes and villains of the westward expansion / Robert Morgan.
Traces the lives of 10 Americans who played significant roles in the country's westward expansion.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781565126268
- ISBN: 1565126262
- Physical Description: xxiii, 497 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2011.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A Shannon Ravenel Book." |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-467) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Pioneers > United States > Biography. Pioneers > West (U.S.) > Biography. Presidents > United States > Biography. United States > Territorial expansion. West (U.S.) > History > To 1848. |
| Genre: | Biographies. |
Available copies
- 53 of 56 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 56 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Statesville Main Library | 920 MOR (Text) | 33114017139387 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
