History - Western Expansion from Blue & Grey Book Shoppe

"Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That there be published and bound 6,000 copies of the State papers and all correspondence bearing upon the purchase of the territory of Louisiana by the United States, including the treaty of purchase, 4,000 for the use of the House of Representatives and 2,000 for the use of the Senate. Passed… Saber más sobre este artículo

From page v.: "Daniel has been one of the most misunderstood Great Men of all great men!" "People know that he played a part in the advancement of civilization during the early pioneer days, but, in reality, they know little of the type of man he really was or the great part he played in the Western expansion..." "Daniel Boone was a… Saber más sobre este artículo

From front DJ flap: "Volume 3 consists of the journals of Lewis and Clark (primarily Clark) during the period August 25. 1804, to April 6, 1805, and covers the expedition's route from the Vermillion River in present South Dakota to Fort Mandan in present North Dakota and their winter encampment there. It describes their encounters with Sioux, Arikara, Mandan, and… Saber más sobre este artículo

From the front dust jacket flap: "Frederic Remington loved the West. Seeing it for the first time, the exuberant lad of nineteen lamented, "I knew the wild riders and the vacant land were about to vanish forever, and the more I considered the subject the bigger the Forever loomed.' So, he began to sketch." From the back flap: "This compilation of… Saber más sobre este artículo

From the title page: "Being a true, quite partial and somewhat humorous history of Alder Gulch, Montana, the state's richest placer mining district and the Cradle of Montana History..." "NOTICE. Virginia City is in Montana. There is a Virginia City, Nevada, which was a mining camp and is now a tourist town. There the similarity ends. They have Lucius Beebe;… Saber más sobre este artículo

From the front dust jacket flap: "The Santa Fe trail was a highway for commerce. A link to markets. A pipeline for international trading contracts and highly capitalized investments. Commerce is cooperative work, and when it succeeds - that is, when it makes an honest profit - commerce can also leave a powerful legacy. That legacy is the story… Saber más sobre este artículo

From the back cover: "In the years following the Louisiana Purchase, George Sibley stood at the forefront of American expansion to the West. As Chief Indian Factor for the United States at Fort Osage, he represented the critical hinge between the Upper Missouri River and the growning merchant town of St. Louis." This book contains the writings and correspondence of… Saber más sobre este artículo

From back cover: "Only Stephen Ambrose, with his love of the Northwest and his deep understanding of the American past, could have written this luminous and lyrical book. Undaunted Courage is at once a tale of mythic proportions, a poignant human drama, and an essential piece of our history that allows the reader to be a silent and fascinated passenger… Saber más sobre este artículo

From back cover: "For people wishing to follow the course of that expedition, there is no better source than the Lewis and Clark journals...masterfully edited and annotated by Gary E. Moulton. The essentials of those 13 volumes are now available in a one-volume abridgment..." - St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Book - Fine condition. Clean and tight. Dust Jacket - Very Good condition.… Saber más sobre este artículo