General Note:
Originally published: New York : Morrow, 1952.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 567-588) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction to the reprint edition / by Nicholas C.P. Vrooman -- Joseph Kinsey Howard / by Bernard DeVoto -- Introduction: Once sure and certain loyalty -- pt. 1. Falcon's song -- ch. 1. Heart of a continent -- ch. 2. Freedom road -- ch. 3. Manifest destiny -- ch. 4 . Chance of glory -- pt. 2. New nation -- ch. 5. Gentlemen in Pembina -- ch. 6. The whole unbounded continent -- ch. 7. A people ... free to choose -- ch. 8. Mr. Smith wins an empire -- ch. 9. Four voted for death -- pt. 3. Crackpot crusade -- ch. 10. The jolly boys -- ch. 11. The wardens of the plains -- ch. 12. The politicians -- pt. 4. Decade of death -- ch. 13. The dusk of evening -- ch. 14. The freedoms and the fence -- ch. 15. The Prince of the Prairies -- pt. 5. Path of providence -- ch. 16. The Psalms of David -- ch. 17. John Brown of the half-breeds -- ch. 18. Leader of a sedition -- pt. 6. Prophet on horseback -- ch. 19. The right of people -- ch. 20. "Marchons, mes braves!" -- ch. 21. Justice commands -- ch. 22. Malbrouck has gone a-fighting -- pt. 7. Cardboard shrine -- ch. 23. The ignorant armies -- ch. 24. The darkling plain -- ch. 25. The struggle and flight -- pt. 8. High treason -- ch. 26. Instigation of the Devil -- ch. 27. To the place appointed ... ch. 28. Deliver us from evil.