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Westward expansion

by King, David C. · 2003

Cover of Westward expansion
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Uses letters, excerpts from journals and diaries, newspaper articles, and other primary source material to provide a look at life during the second half of the nineteenth century when many Americans moved westward.

Description and travelSourcesFrontier and pioneer lifeTerritorial expansionPioneersDiscovery and explorationJuvenile literatureBiographyHistoryWest (u.s.), juvenile literatureWest (u.s.), history