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The year of decision, 1846 / by Bernard DeVoto ; [new introduction by Stephen E. Ambrose].

De Voto, Bernard, 1897-1955 (Author).

Summary:

Traces the events of 1846 and 1847 in the development of the West including the opening of the overland trails and the war with Mexico.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0312267940
  • ISBN: 9780312267940
  • Physical Description: xxii, 538 pages : maps ; 21 cm
  • Edition: 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
  • Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Truman Talley Books."
"First published ... by Little, Brown and Company, 1942, 1943"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
"Statement on bibliography": pages 523-527.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Build thee more stately mansions -- The mountain man -- Pillar of cloud -- Equinox -- Spring freshet -- Oh Susanna! -- "Cain, where are they brothers?" -- Solstice -- The image on the sun -- Sonorous metal -- Continental divide -- Atomization -- Trail's end -- Anabasis in homespun -- Down from the Sierra -- Whether it be fat or lean: Canaan -- Bill of review -- dismissed.

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Subject:
West (U.S.) > History > To 1848.
United States > History > 1815-1861.
Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Campaigns.
Mexican War (1846-1848)
Military campaigns.
United States.
United States, West.
Genre:
History.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.

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