Lions of the West : Heroes and Villains of the Westward Expansion (CD-Audio)

from amerri

Covering the period of 1743-1849, Lions of the West, is Robert Morgan's account of America's Westward Expansion told through the stories of the major players. Thomas Jefferson, who dreamed that the US would stretch from Atlantic to Pacific. The chronicles of that dream are told through the storie...

from HadriantheBlind

A brief collection of longer essay-sized biographies on figures, famous and some forgotten, all influential in the early development of the American West. The book is very accessible, and filled with good anecdotes about all of the figures - famous and obscure alike. A good insight into the early...

from igjoe

I am generally not a huge history buff, but this book was very interesting. This work shows the sides of American figures that are not known to most Americans. The little details, anecdotes, and family histories really bring these men to life and give the reader a sense of the real person behind ...

from bookczuk

Short biographies of some of the people who either settled the American west, or created the policies that shaped it. I hadn't noticed until today that the subtitle is 'Heroes and Villains of the Westward Expansion. I expect much of my dissatisfaction (not with the writing, but with the personae ...

from BALE

This review is not about Robert Morgan's actual book, Lions of the West, it is a critique of the audio adaptation of his book. This is because the audio version was so distracting, I could not listen to it in its entirety. Translating a written work into verbal form is a difficult task. One can t...