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Kearny's march : the epic journey that created the American southwest, 1846-1847 Cover Image Book Book

Kearny's march : the epic journey that created the American southwest, 1846-1847 / by Winston Groom.

Groom, Winston, 1944- (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780307270962
  • ISBN: 0307270963 : HRD
  • Physical Description: xiii, 310 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-294) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
A people in motion -- Mr. Polk gets his war -- The Pathfinder -- True west -- Kearny's march -- The Santa Fe Trail -- Some days you eat the bear; some days the bear eats you -- "The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on" -- In old Monterey -- Dancing on air -- Doniphan's Expedition -- The fight of their lives -- The death trap -- The horror -- Political treachery, military insubordination, discovery of Zion, and the salvation of children -- Last roll call: a warm salute.
Summary, etc.:
Documents the mid-nineteenth-century mission by General Stephen Watts Kearny that expanded the United States territory to the Pacific Ocean, recounting the formidable dangers faced by his cavalrymen.

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Subject: Kearny's Expedition, 1846.
Kearny, Stephen Watts, 1794-1848.

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24510. ‡aKearny's march : ‡bthe epic journey that created the American southwest, 1846-1847 / ‡cby Winston Groom.
250 . ‡a1st ed.
260 . ‡aNew York : ‡bAlfred A. Knopf, ‡c2011.
300 . ‡axiii, 310 p., [16] p. of plates : ‡bill., maps ; ‡c25 cm.
504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [283]-294) and index.
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520 . ‡aDocuments the mid-nineteenth-century mission by General Stephen Watts Kearny that expanded the United States territory to the Pacific Ocean, recounting the formidable dangers faced by his cavalrymen.
61020. ‡aKearny's Expedition, 1846.
60010. ‡aKearny, Stephen Watts, ‡d1794-1848.
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