559pp. Illus. in text. Region by region, through the eyes of everyday people, the author captures the humanity, violence and unsung heroism that is the real-life making of America. Stories of explorers and fur traders moving beyond the frontier into the Louisiana Purchase territory; Seminoles and runaway slaves in an unlikely coalition to battle the U.S. Army in Florida; mountaineers fighting the British for trapping rights; the fortune seekers of the California gold rush; Chinese immigrants as manual labourers; miners; track layers; cowboys and all the homesteaders. A superb history. Includes Index.

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