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Early nineteenth-century America could just about be summed up by Henry David Thoreau's words when he said, "Eastward I go only by force, but westward I go free." It was an exuberant time for the diverse citizens of the United States, who included a range of folk, from mountain men and... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Walt Whitman: Add a description of this character.
- Nathaniel Bowditch
- Polk
- Webster
- Emily Dickinson
- Samuel Morse
- Clark
- Jedediah Smith
- Henry David Thoreau
- Andrew Jackson
- Abraham Lincoln
- Henry Clay
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- Thomas Jefferson
- John Sutter
- Martin Van Buren
- Stephen Douglas
- Rebecca
- Scott
- James Buchanan
- Jed Smith
- John Price
- Lewis
- Ticknor
- Joseph Smith
- William Johnson
- George Catlin
- Mary Lyon
- James Marshall
- John James Audubon
- Bidwell
- Dana
- George Washington
- John Tyler
- Zachary Taylor
- Susan Magoffin
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Samuel F. B. Morse
Setting & Locations edit
- California
- United States
- America
- Missouri
- Texas
- New Mexico
- New York
- Oregon
- Japan
- New England
- Massachusetts
- Fremont
- Kansas
- Salem
- Mississippi
- Virginia
- Iowa
- San Francisco
- Spain
- Boston
- Utah
- Illinois
- Philadelphia
- Ohio River
- Wyoming
- Africa
- St. Louis
- Connecticut
- France
- Cuba
- Great Salt Lake
- Indiana
- Nebraska
- Kentucky
- Concord
- Pennsylvania
- Colorado
- Europe
- Georgia
- Chicago
- Germany
- Arizona
- Nevada
- Pacific
- China
First Sentence edit
When President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France, in 1803, a few people grumbled, but most Americans approved.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0195153286
Page Count: 160
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0195153286
Page Count: 160
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 973.5
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