The Mexican War (Perspectives on History (Discovery))

Wim Coleman (Editor)

$8.35

Publication Date: December 1st, 1998

Publisher:

History Compass

ISBN:

9781579600440

Pages:

Description

In 1846, two American nations went to war, precipitated by the U.S. annexation of Texas. This volume presents excerpts from the memoirs, letters, poetry, and journals of the men involved in, and protestors of, "Mr. Polk's War" including Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, General Stephen Watts Kearny, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Kit Carson, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Henry David Thoreau.

The Mexican War (Perspectives on History (Discovery))

Description

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World War II: On the Homefront (Perspectives on History (Discovery))

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Colonial Triangular Trade: An Economy Based on Human Misery (Perspectives on History (Discovery))

The New Deal: Hope for the Nation (Perspectives on History (Discovery))

The Shot Heard 'Round the World: The Beginnings of the American Revolution (Perspectives on History (Discovery))

The Spanish-American War: America Emerges as a World Power (Perspectives on History (Discovery))

Child Labor in America (Perspectives on History (Discovery))

The Cuban Missile Crisis: A World in Peril (Perspectives on History (Discovery))

Talkin' Union (Perspectives on History (Discovery))

The Dust Bowl (Perspectives on History (Discovery))

Echoes of the Civil War: The Gray (Perspectives on History (Discovery))

Faith Unfurled: The Pilgrims' Quest for Freedom (Perspectives on History (Discovery))

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