Frontier America: The Story of the Westward MovementScribner, 1959 - 832 Seiten "This comprehensive study of the American frontier vividly characterizes the frontiermen and settlers and their existence, and emphasizes social and economic aspects of history. The author-- begins with the Allegheny frontier and winds up his account in 1890, a continent and more than a century afterwards"--Publisher's Weekly. |
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... Oregon . This was only a beginning . For the next forty years he campaigned in Congress , at first advocating the colonization of Oregon , later seeking a reward for his faithful agitation . Kelley possessed no capacity of leadership ...
... Oregon . This was only a beginning . For the next forty years he campaigned in Congress , at first advocating the colonization of Oregon , later seeking a reward for his faithful agitation . Kelley possessed no capacity of leadership ...
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... Oregon occupation appeared in Congress , this time in the Senate . Senator Lewis Fields Linn of Missouri introduced a bill proposing occupation of Oregon and the provision of the necessary safety measures to insure safe passage to the ...
... Oregon occupation appeared in Congress , this time in the Senate . Senator Lewis Fields Linn of Missouri introduced a bill proposing occupation of Oregon and the provision of the necessary safety measures to insure safe passage to the ...
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... Oregon Trail is of epic proportions , and scarcely a work on the trans - Mississippi West for its period fails to discuss this phase of pioneering . DOCUMENTARY SOURCES RICHARDSON , J. D. , A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of ...
... Oregon Trail is of epic proportions , and scarcely a work on the trans - Mississippi West for its period fails to discuss this phase of pioneering . DOCUMENTARY SOURCES RICHARDSON , J. D. , A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of ...
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CHAPTER PAGE I The American FrontierA Perspective | 2 |
The Allegheny Frontier | 26 |
The Frontier at War | 54 |
Urheberrecht | |
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