20 West
20 West: the great road across America MAC Nelson,
Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, c2008.
ISBN: 0791474690
LCC: E169
Edition: (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-312) and index.
Introduction: The road and us -- The power of the word along the
great road -- The great road to justice and freedom: God, man, and
woman -- Power and empire on the great road: six presidents and a
plutocrat -- Westering: prairies and plains, the big empty and the
Sandhills -- Soldiers and Indians: the struggle for a continent --
The best idea: Yellowstone, the peaceable kingdom -- The great road
to wilderness -- "Ocian in view! O! the joy!"
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