Category: History: U.S.: The West

Copyright/published Year: 1961 by Houghton Mifflin

ISBN: n/a

Binding: trade Pap

Description: Year of Decision 1846 tells many fascinating stories of the U.S. ì explorers who began the western march from the Mississippi to the ì Pacific, from Canada to the annexation of Texas, California, and ì the southwest lands from Mexico. It is the penultimate book of a ì trilogy which includes Across the Wide Missouri (for which DeVoto ì won both the Pulitzer and Bancroft prizes) and The Course of ì Empire. DeVoto's narrative covers the expanding Western frontier, ì the Mormons, the Donner party, Fremont's exploration, the Army of ì the West, and takes readers into Native American tribal life.

Condition Information

This is a used book and is in Good condition.

Additional condition description

Clean and unmarked copy. Sound binding