Empires Lost And Won

Download or read book Empires Lost And Won written by Albert Marrin and published by . This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Albert Marrin brings immediacy to the vast panorama of history in the American Southwest. He presents a cast of hundreds, famous & infamous characters from Cabaza de Vaca & Coronado to Zebulon Pike. The book includes Santa Anna, Sam Houston, & the heroes of the Alamo, as well as Cochise, Geronimo, & Quanah Parker, who fought for the traditions & lives of the Apaches & Comanches. The Mexican War produced such future heroes as Robert E. Lee, U.S. Grant, George E. Pickett, & George B. McClellan. This is a history of the U.S. that began in the 1500s, a century before English settlement in the East, & that had enormous influence on the formation & culture of this country today. Illustrated. Juvenile audiences.