HISTORY
Schaefer, Ted

Westward to the Pacific: From the Trail of Tears to the Transcontinental Railroad

(4) 4-6 Making a New Nation series. These books survey American history from the first European settlers to the beginning of World War I. The stories are told through a series of vignettes, sidebars, and inserts. Also included are maps, charts, graphs, drawings, and archival photographs. The episodic treatment gives little specific information but will be useful as introductions. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Making a New Nation titles: A Changing Nation, Colonial America, The Louisiana Purchase, and Westward to the Pacific.

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