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Author:

Clark, Thomas Dionysius, 1903-2005.

Title:

Frontiers in conflict : the Old Southwest, 1795-1830 / Thomas D. Clark and John D.W. Guice.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of New Mexico Press,

Copyright Date:

c1989

Description:

xvi, 335 p. : maps ; 35 cm.

Subject:

Southern States--History--1775-1865.
Southwest, Old--History.
Gulf States--History.
Frontier and pioneer life--Southern States.
Frontier and pioneer life--Southwest, Old.
Frontier and pioneer life--Gulf States.

Other Authors:

Guice, John D. W.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-320) and index.

Contents:

"The lands here lie in a very curious manner" -- Changing empires -- A perimeter of conflict -- Land of speculation -- Wilderness artery -- Rough riders in the Old Southwest -- Dance of the prophets -- "Unnerve the arm the draws the bow and raises the tommyhawk" -- "When smiling fortune beckoned them" -- Nabobs and nobodies -- State-making -- Eclipsing ancient nations.

Series:

Histories of the American frontier

ISBN:

9780826311412 (pbk.)
0826311415 (pbk.)
9780826311405
0826311407

LCCN:

89031357

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

F3OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Iowa City)