ID | 005549 |
Call Number | 978.02/McP |
Title Proper | Into The West |
Other Title Information | From Reconstruction to the final days of the American Frontier |
Language | ENG |
Author | McPherson, James |
Publication | USA, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2006. |
Description | 96p Brown Spine |
Note | Contains personal narratives from settlers and soldiers as well as profiles and accounts of the actions of many historical luminaries involved in Reconstruction and the movement west. |
Note | Introduction The Civil War Reconstruction Begins: 1863-1864 The Homestead Act The American Frontier: 1865 The First Settlers: The Native Americans Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson and Presidential Reconstruction "Contrabands" and Freedmen Carpetbaggers and Scalawags The Transcontinental Railroad The Civil War Amendments Land and Social Reform in the South Sodbusters and Barbed Wire Congressional Reconstruction The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson President Ulysses S.Grant Corruption, Scandal, and the Civil Service The Immigrants Roughing It: Women on the Frontier Wyoming Territory and Women's Suffrage The Civil Rights Act of 1875 Prejudice, Racism, and the Ku Klux Klan The End of Reconstruction: 1877 The Cowboy The Cattle Drives Map for Highways for the Herds Broken Treaties and Reservations The Outlaws The Wild West in Popular Culture The Lawmen The Indian Wars in the Northern Plains Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and the Sioux The Battle of the Little Bighorn The Buffalo Soldiers Frontier Arts and Letters Indian Wars in the Southwest Geronimo and the Apache The Ghost Dance The Last Days of the Frontier: 1890
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Standard Number | 0689865430 |
Price. Qualification | Rs.425(Hb) |
Classification Number | 978.02 |
Key Words | Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) ; Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) ; Cowboys - West (U.S.) - 19th century - History ; Indians of North America - Wars - West (U.S.) ; Indians of North America - Wars - 1866-1895 ; West (U.S.) - History - 1860-1890 ; United States - History - 1865-1898 |