American Heritage Illustrated History Of The United States Vol 6: The Frontier

The Story

Pushing west, men like John C. Fremont and Jedediah Smith opened up a breathtaking expanse of new country. As pioneer families followed the trailblazers through the forests and across deserts, tension with Mexico flared into bloodshed at the seige of the Alamo, while hundreds of miles away, war was looming with Britain over our northern boundary.