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

"In June 1846, General Stephen Watts Kearny rode out of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with two thousand soldiers, bound for California. At the time, the nation was hell-bent on expansion: James K. Polk had lately won the presidency by threatening England over the borders in Oregon, while Congress h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Groom, Winston, 1944-2020 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Kearny, Stephen Watts, > 1794-1848.
Kearny, Stephen Watts, > 1794-1848
Kearny's Expedition, 1846.
1846
Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • Literally 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.