Chronicles the history of the United States from the time of the Missouri Compromise, when Maine and Missouri became states, until Abraham Lincoln's election to
This lively history explores the birth, growth, and meaning of freedom in America over the centuries-as well as the tensions, conflicts, and triumphs surroundin
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