Lincoln Looks West: From the Mississippi to the Pacific

by RobertW.Johannsen (Contributor), RichardW.Etulain (Contributor), Larry Schweikart (Contributor), Michael S . Green (Contributor), Deren Earl Kellogg (Contributor), Mark E . Neely (Contributor), David A . Nichols (Contributor), EarlS.Pomeroy (Contributor), VincentG.Tegeder (Contributor)

• New

  Illustrated
  2010

  $45.19

  Explores the President Abraham Lincoln's ties to the American West. This title looks at the sixteenth president's lasting legacy in the territory beyond the Mississippi River. It traces the western connections, from Lincoln's early reactions to Texas, Oregon, and the Mexican War in the 1840s, through the 1850s, and throughout his presidency.