Lions of the West

Fourscore years come alive through biographical vignettes that pull no punches... Nation building accrued human cost as well as remarkable heroes--all revealed with Morgan's customary grace and flair.

A creative, accurate, and eminently readable book... Robert Morgan is a master chronicler of the habits and ways of life on the frontier at the turn of the nineteenth century and has skillfully pulled together accounts of presidents, generals, statesmen, and adventurers in a rich tapestry that collectively conveys the American spirit of expansion. I highly recommend this book.

Today the great historic themes of American Manifest Destiny and the 'American Century' are being hotly debated as to whether they will continue or are finally coming to an end. Robert Morgan enters--and beautifully reframes--the debate by taking us back to these themes' origins... to raise troubling, fundamental questions about the very roots of the 'American Century' idea. This is a study of history and literature that is as pleasurable to read as it is instructive--and with a cast of characters who are as memorable as they are deeply disturbing.

Robert Morgan, prolific novelist and poet of the American West, again turns his hand to writing history in this collection of vivid portraits and engaging anecdotes of famous personalities of the westward expansion.

Robert Morgan tells the absorbing story of the American conquest of the lands between the Appalachians and the Pacific through the lives and deeds of movers and shakers of their times, some well known, others dimly remembered, a few all but forgotten. This is a splendid work.