Making of the Great West

Originally published over 100 years ago, The Making of the Great West is Samuel Adams Drake?s incredible description of the history of settling the land west of the Mississippi from 1512-1883. Although designed for young people, Drake also makes this story attractive to adults who are looking for a compact, intelligent view of the history of the making of the great west. Broken down into three groups; ?Three Rival Civilizations? (Spaniards, English and French), ?Birth of the American Idea? and ?Gold in California and What it Led To?, each area has its own descriptive notes, maps, plans and pictorial illustrations.