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Frontier thesis HISTORY / United States / 19th Century Railroad companies United States History Railroads United States History Railroads West (U.S.) History TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History Transportation TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History United States United States History 19th centurySlotkin, Richard
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.9 SLOGrandin, Greg
Summary: "From a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a new and eye-opening interpretation of the meaning of the frontier, from early westward expansion to Trump's border wall. Ever since this nation's inception, the idea of an open and ever-expanding frontier has been central to American identity. Symbolizing a future of endless promise, it was the foundation of the United States' belief in itself as an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 GRASedgwick, John
Summary: John Sedgwick recounts the decade-long fight between General William J. Palmer, the Civil War hero leading the "little family" of his Rio Grande, coming down from Denver, hoping to showcase the majesty of the Rockies, and William Barstow Strong, the hard-nosed manager of the corporate-minded Santa Fe, venturing west from Kansas. What begins as an accidental rivalry when the two lines cross in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2021