The text covers pioneering in the North American frontier from the Mississippi River Valley as far west as Alaska and Hawaii. Entries feature worthy deeds, ethinicities, languages, and diverse lifestyles. Examples stress the building of communities and businesses in the wilderness amid clashes with Indians and the physical and mental breakdowns brought on by epidemics, floods, drought, and outlawry. Amid the famous - Donner Party, Jesse Chisholm, Texas Rangers - flourish the ordinary families who survived a stirring period of American history.
- ISBN10 1336030704
- ISBN13 9781336030701
- Publish Date 1 January 2015
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 18 March 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint McFarland & Company
- Format eBook
- Pages 255
- Language English