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History of the American Frontier - 1763-1893 Paperback – November 30, 2022

by Frederic L. Paxson (Author)
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History

For many years, a single volume covering the "History of the West" did not exist. Paxson’s masterwork rectifies this problem – offering an essential, sweeping account of the American West and westward expansion from 1763-1893.

The American pioneer is followed to every frontier for nearly 150 years across fifty-nine chapters. Full of world-class insight, Paxson masterfully paints a picture of how the land mass of the United States was settled – starting with English settlers in New England to the wayward expansion across the continent and ending with the sunny shores of California.

Paxson’s literary genius does not shine in quotations from secondary and source material; he has made his material a part of himself. Indeed, rather than conforming to a social history, Paxson takes a historical, geographic, and pragmatic view of Westward expansion. He masterfully covers American history from the War for Independence to the Louisiana Purchase, conflicts with Native Americans and Civil War, Presidential edicts from Washington to Roosevelt, and even offers keen insight into the little-studied intricacies of frontier finance and the inside workings of canal and railroad corporations.

“Future historians will gratefully remember Mr. Paxson for essaying a task which others had either shirked or felt themselves incompetent to perform.”

This is a must-read for any student of American history.

About the Author: Frederic Logan Paxson was an American historian, President of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, and possessed undergraduate and PhD degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a master's from Harvard University. As a historian, he was an authority on the American frontier and won the 1925 Pulitzer Prize for this work.

Chapters of this work Include:
  1. The American Frontier of 1763
  2. The Forks of the Ohio
  3. The Shenandoah Country and the Tennessee
  4. The Rear of the Revolution
  5. The Land Problem
  6. Creation of the Public Domain
  7. The National Land System
  8. The Old Northwest
  9. The Western Boundaries
  10. The First New States
  11. Political Theories of the Frontier
  12. Jeffersonian Democracy
  13. The Frontier of 1800
  14. Ohio: The Clash of Principles
  15. The Purchase of Louisiana
  16. Problems of the Southwest Border
  17. The Bonds of Unity
  18. The Wabash Frontier: Tecumseh, 1811
  19. The Western War of 1812
  20. Stabilizing the Frontier
  21. The Great Migration
  22. Statehood on the Ohio: Indiana and Illinois
  23. The Cotton Kingdom: Mississippi and Alabama
  24. Missouri: The New Sectionalism
  25. Public Land Reform
  26. Frontier Finance
  27. The American System
  28. Jacksonian Democracy
  29. The East, and the Western Markets
  30. The Western Internal Improvements
  31. The Permanent Indian Frontier, 1825-1841
  32. The Mississippi Valley Boom
  33. The Border States: Michigan and Arkansas
  34. The Independent State of Texas
  35. 1837: The Prostrate West
  36. The Trail to Santa Fe
  37. The Settlement of Oregon
  38. The “State” of Deseret *
  39. The War with Mexico
  40. The Conquest of California
  41. Far West and Politics
  42. Preemption
  43. The Frontier of the Forties
  44. The Railroad Age
  45. Land Grants and the Western Roads
  46. Kansas-Nebraska and the Indian Country
  47. “Pike’s Peak or Bust!”
  48. The Frontier of the Mineral Empire
  49. The Overland Route
  50. The Public Lands: Wide Open
  51. The Plains in the Civil War
  52. The Union Pacific Railroad
  53. The Disruption of the Tribes
  54. The Panic of 1873
  55. Frontier Panaceas
  56. The Cow Country
  57. The Closed Frontier
  58. The Admission of the “Omnibus” States
  59. The Disappearance of the Frontier
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  1. Print length
    374 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    November 30, 2022
  4. Reading age
    16 years and up
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.85 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-13
    979-8366289245
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BNQB48K7
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 30, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 374 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8366289245
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 16 years and up
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.85 x 9 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #47,280 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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