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  • American West

    History of the Wild West and Westward Expansion 1803–1890

    Series series Visual History
    As the American Revolution drew to a close and the colonies claimed independence from Britain, the United States' gaze turned west to the vast expanse of land that was seemingly ripe for the taking. After all, according to their Manifest Destiny, it was their God-given right to expand. In American West, uncover the resistance that these enterprising settlers faced, from the Native Americans to the ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Dreams of El Dorado

    A History of the American West

    by H. W. Brands ...
    **From a New York Times bestselling author, a masterful history of the American West—from the California Gold Rush to the settling of Oklahoma and beyond."Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope, this is a bravura performance from one of our master historians." —Hampton Sides, bestselling author of Blood and Thunder**In Dreams of El Dorado, H. W. Brands tells the thrilling panoramic story of the ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • "I Am a Man"

    Chief Standing Bear's Journey for Justice

    by Joe Starita ...
    The harrowing story of a Native American man's tragic loss of land and family, and his heroic journey to reclaim his humanity.In 1877, Chief Standing Bear's Ponca Indian tribe was forcibly removed from their Nebraska homeland and marched to what was then known as Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), in what became the tribe's own Trail of Tears. A third of the tribe died on the grueling march, ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Savages & Scoundrels

    The Untold Story of America's Road to Empire through Indian Territory

    The author of Coyote Warrior demolishes myths about America's westward expansion and uncovers the federal Indian policy that shaped the republic.What really happened in the early days of our nation? How was it possible for white settlers to march across the entire continent, inexorably claiming Native American lands for themselves? Who made it happen, and why? This gripping book tells America's ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lone Star

    A History of Texas and the Texans

    The definitive account of the incomparable Lone Star state by the author of Fire & Blood: A History of Mexico.T. R. Fehrenbach is a native Texan, military historian and the author of several important books about the region, but none as significant as this work, arguably the best single volume about Texas ever published. His account of America's most turbulent state offers a view that only an ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears

    Today, a fraction of the Cherokee people remains in their traditional homeland in the southern Appalachians. Most Cherokees were forcibly relocated to eastern Oklahoma in the early nineteenth century. In 1830 the U.S. government shifted its policy from one of trying to assimilate American Indians to one of relocating them and proceeded to drive seventeen thousand Cherokee people west of the ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Ohio Frontier

    Crucible of the Old Northwest, 1720–1830

    "A vivid panorama of the transitional years when Ohio evolved from a raw frontier territory to an established province of an ever-expanding nation." — BooklistNowhere on the American frontier was the clash of cultures more violent than on the Ohio frontier. First settled by migrating Native Americans about 1720 and later by white settlers, Ohio became the crucible which set indigenous and military ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Iroquois Diplomacy on the Early American Frontier

    The newest addition to the Penguin Library of American Indian History explores the most influential Native American ConfederacyMore than perhaps any other Native American group, the Iroquois found it to their advantage to interact with and adapt to white settlers. Despite being known as fierce warriors, the Iroquois were just as reliant on political prowess and sophisticated diplomacy to maintain ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Creation of the American States

    The fascinating story of how and why all fifty American states were formed—and how they became a part of history's greatest social experiment.Every US state has a unique history that deserves a separate book. The Creation of the American States provides readers with essential information on how each of the fifty states came into being. From the time of the first explorers and settlers to the ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gold!

    The Story of the 1848 Gold Rush and How It Shaped a Nation

    by Fred Rosen ...
    A riveting true account of gold rush fever in mid-nineteenth-century America, rich with the thrilling exploits of daring fortune seekers and dangerous outlawsAmerica was never the same after January 24, 1848. It was on that day that a carpenter named James Marshall discovered a tiny nugget of gold while building a sawmill at Sutter's Fort, just east of Sacramento, California. Marshall's find ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Long, Bitter Trail

    Andrew Jackson and the Indians

    Series series Hill and Wang Critical Issues
    An account of Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act of 1830, which relocated Eastern Indians to the Okalahoma Territory over the Trail of Tears, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs which was given control over their lives. ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Shawnees and the War for America

    With the courage and resilience embodied by their legendary leader Tecumseh, the Shawnees waged a war of territorial and cultural resistance for half a century. Noted historian Colin G. Calloway details the political and legal battles and the bloody fighting on both sides for possession of the Shawnees? land, while imbuing historical figures such as warrior chief Tecumseh, Daniel Boone, and Andrew ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD