Reprint of a 1945 study of the Missouri River, discussing its significance to the settling of the American West.

Illustrated chronicle of the lives and careers of badmen and lawmen of the American West, 1865-1900, Wyatt Earp, Jesse James, et al.

An account of the westward movement of the pioneers which began in 1841, lavishly illustrated with contemporary paintings and photographs.

The Donner Party expedition is one of the most notorious stories in all of American history. It's also a fascinating snapshot of the westward expansion of the United States, and the families and individuals who sacrificed so much to build new lives in a largely unknown landscape. From the preparation for the journey to each disastrous leg of the trip, this book shows the specific bad decisions that led to the party's predicament in the Sierra Nevada...

Text and illustrations present a portrait of the industrious women who helped settle the West.

In the New York Times bestseller The Immortal Irishman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Timothy Egan illuminates the dawn of the great Irish American story, with all its twists and triumphs, through the life of one heroic man.
A dashing young orator during the Great Hunger of the 1840s, Thomas Francis Meagher led a failed uprising against British rule, for which he was banished to a Tasmanian prison colony for life. But two years...