Short Description: A fascinating and evocative visual history of the stalwart people who, using innate and newly learned survival skills, overcame extreme hardships and dangers to tame and settle the American West.
Short Description: This story traces the settling of the Illinois region from 1763 to 1816 and focuses on the "gateway to empire"---the Chicago Portage, a vital link between the East and the untapped riches of the West.
Short Description: The story traces the settling of the Illinois region from 1763 to 1816 and focuses on the “gateway to empire”—the Chicago Portage, a vital link between the East and the untapped riches of the West.
Short Description: Encompassing 85 sites stretched across eleven states, In the Footsteps of Daniel Boone takes readers to the places where Boone lived, hunted, fought, and dreamed of the next frontier.
