United States--History--1809-1845

The prairie years

Carl Sandburg

Biography--Politics (ministers, MPs, essayists etc.) Biography--Rulers (heads of gov./ chief exec.) Presidents--United States Lincoln, Abraham (16th US president, 1809-1965) United States--History--1809-1845 United States--History--1845-1861

Astor and Jefferson's lost Pacific empire; a tale of ambition and survival on the early American frontier

Peter Stark

United States--History--1809-1845 Frontier and pioneer life Travel--United States--West Travel--Historical accounts Oregon Trail Fort Astoria

Quanah Parker and the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history

S. C. Gwynne

United States--History--1809-1845 Natives of North America--Comanche

Robert Shea

American fiction--Historical American fiction--Native Americans Shamanism--North America United States--History--1809-1845

Michael White

American fiction--Historical Slavery and emancipation United States--History--1809-1845

The wandering hill

Larry McMurtry

American fiction--Historical American fiction--Families American fiction--Adventure Frontier and pioneer life--Fiction United States--History--1809-1845