The westward movement, 1832-1889

by Richard B. Morris

Relates the history of the western expansion beyond the Mississippi through eyewitness accounts drawn from such contemporary sources as letters, diaries, reminiscences, novels, poetry, press reports and selections from key public documents.

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

Richard Brandon Morris was Gouverneur Morris Professor of History at Columbia University & past president of the American Historical Association. He wrote more than 40 books spanning legal, labor, diplomatic, political & social history, including The Peacemakers: The Great Powers & American Independence, The Forging of the Union 1781-89, Witnesses at the Creation, Government & Labor in Early America & Studies in the History of American Law. He lectured throughout the world, serving as Fulbright Research Professor at the Sorbonne & Distinguished Professor at the John F. Kennedy Institute of the Free University of Berlin.

Reviews

[Michael D Stonebreaker · Rating 2 out of 5]

Disappointed.

While Idid read every story, (After all, it’s what we pay for)

I felt cheated at the end and wondering why I paid to read someones compilation of material taken from other sources.