The American Frontier: Pioneers, Settlers, and Cowboys 1800–1899
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In The American Frontier, historian William C. Davis masterfully chronicles the history of the territory beyond the Mississippi, with particular attention to exploration, expansion, conflict, and settlement. The first bold steps of Lewis and Clark in 1804 inspired the emergence of a nation in a momentous century of migration and settlement. During the next few decades, while Texas and California fought to be free of Mexican rule, the slow spread westward began: the Mormons in Utah, the ‘49ers in California, and the development of stage routes, railways, and other overland trails. With the end of the Civil War, in 1865, people of all nations and tongues sped to the West--the pioneers, trappers, entrepreneurs, buffalo hunters, miners, soldiers, gamblers, cowboys, lawmen, gunfighters. Review: Pioneering spirit - An incredibly readable history, with great photos, of the pioneers who braved the frontier for a better life and those they encountered along the way. If you enjoyed ‘1883’ you’ll like this. Review: The best book on the history of West USA. - This has got to be the best book on the history of the West of the USA and how the West was discovered and developed. Packed with facts, great colour pictures and historical detail! I’d recommend it for anyone with a general interest, but also for school and university projects or if you’re planning a trip to the west of the US and want to be informed before you go!
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M**Y
Pioneering spirit
An incredibly readable history, with great photos, of the pioneers who braved the frontier for a better life and those they encountered along the way. If you enjoyed ‘1883’ you’ll like this.
A**N
The best book on the history of West USA.
This has got to be the best book on the history of the West of the USA and how the West was discovered and developed. Packed with facts, great colour pictures and historical detail! I’d recommend it for anyone with a general interest, but also for school and university projects or if you’re planning a trip to the west of the US and want to be informed before you go!
S**A
Four Stars
Bought for a gift and told they enjoyed it
B**N
... of the American West 1776 to 1890 A very good and hstorical book
Now I have all three in the series as I am into the Western scene and study/read the history of that period of the American West 1776 to 1890 A very good and hstorical book.Highly recommended
B**.
American history!
Everything is in good details. Really interesting book
D**P
Incredible Book!
This is a fabulous compilation! It tells the complete story of how the West was explored, survey, and settled... It's got it all, the miners, the Civil War, the cowboys, the outlaws, the indians, the women, the law, and pictorially and literally describes how the western side of the Country went from being uncharted to developed and civilized in less than a hundred years. This has to be THE single best History book on the era of the Old West.
J**N
Pioneers, Settlers, and Cowboys and more
Wow! When I received this book, I could only gasp! Quality book with such Excellent Photos and text - I am writing a book about this time period and the photos will provide me a greater insight in the tools and equipment and life these hardy frontier pioneers and settlers and cowboys and Indians lived. Most of this information is in danger of being lost to the ravages of time. If you are interested in the frontier, get this book. You will not be disappointed. joyce
C**E
Very informative
A lot of good history in this book, and great photos. Entertaining and educational.
D**C
Great presentation
It is the best history book I have read that reads like a novel but is fact.
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