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Title:

Westward expansion / James D. Torr, book editor.

Publisher:

Greenhaven Press,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

208 p. : map ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America--West (U.S.)--History.--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America--Government relations.--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--Sources.
Indians of North America--West (U.S)--History--Sources.
Indians of North America--Government relations.--Sources.
West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration.--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
West (U.S.)--History.--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
United States--Territorial expansion.--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration.--Sources.
West (U.S.)--History.--Sources.
United States--Territorial expansion.--Sources.

Other Authors:

Torr, James D., 1974-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The lure of the west -- Conquest of native America -- Manifest Destiny -- The Western railroads.

Summary:

Uses primary source materials, including letters and magazine articles of the time, to examine the exploration and conquest of the American West by explorers and settlers of European descent.

Series:

Interpreting primary documents

ISBN:

9780737711349 (hardback : alk. paper)
0737711345 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780737711332 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0737711337 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)48920616

LCCN:

2002000499

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)