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Essays, biogarphies, and primary documents make this an all-in-one resource on America's Westward Expansion.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword Introduction Chronology Historical Overview People on the Land: Policy, War, and the Great Migrations, 1784-1841 Finishing Off Florida Domestic Impediments: Indian Removal Santa Anna Meets Manifest Destiny: Texas Oregon Mr. Polk's War: Manifest Destiny and the Acquisition of the Southwest Biographies of Prominent People in the Period Primary Documents of the Period Glossary Annotated Bibliography Index

About the Author

DAVID S. Heidler and JEANNE T. HEIDLER are renowned, award-winning historians. David is on the faculty of Colorado State University, Pueblo. He is the author of Pulling the Temple Down: The Fire-eaters and the Destruction of the Union. Jeanne is Professor of History at the U.S. Air Force Academy. She is co-author with David Heidler of The Encyclopedia of the War of 1812, the award-winning The Encycloopedia of the American Civil War, a Social, Political, and Military History, and The War of 1812 (Greenwood, 2002).

Reviews

"Useful for researchers who need more Information than they can find in an encyclopedia but don't know where else to turn. The blend of reference material and essays that provide background and context is particularly helpful...This new series should be useful in high-school, college and large public libraries."