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Kearny's march : the epic journey that created the American southwest, 1846-1847

text Kearny's march : the epic journey that created the American southwest, 1846-1847

Summary

Documents the mid-nineteenth-century mission by General Stephen Watts Kearny that expanded the United States territory to the Pacific Ocean, recounting the formidable dangers faced by his cavalrymen.

Contents
A people in motion -- Mr. Polk gets his war -- The Pathfinder -- True west -- Kearny's march -- The Santa Fe Trail -- Some days you eat the bear; some days the bear eats you -- "The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on" -- In old Monterey -- Dancin... Read more
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Description
xiii, 310 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf 2011

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 979.02 GRO in Adult Non-fiction Reshelving

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