Which Way to the Wild West?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About Westward Expansion
History—with the good bits put back. Discover the drama, discoveries, dirty deeds and derring-do that won the American West.With a storyteller's voice and attention to the details that make history real and interesting, Steve Sheinken delivers America's greatest adventure. From the Louisiana...
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History—with the good bits put back. Discover the drama, discoveries, dirty deeds and derring-do that won the American West.With a storyteller's voice and attention to the details that make history real and interesting, Steve Sheinken delivers America's greatest adventure. From the Louisiana Purchase (remember: if you're negotiating a treaty for your country, play it cool.) to the gold rush (there were only three ways to get to California—all of them bad) to the life of the cowboy, the Indian wars, and the everyday happenings that defined living on the frontier.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781596433212 (1596433213)
Publish date: July 7th 2009
Publisher: Flash Point
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
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