Perhaps no saga is more exciting, evocative, or more often distorted than the story of the winning of the American West. Jim Kenney surveys the history of the great migrations that displaced a people and shaped a continent. Topics include mountain men, Lewis and Clark’s voyage of discovery, the Civil War and the post-war rush, the railroads, the cattle barons, and the empire builders. Discover the myths and realities of the Indians and cowboys, the misunderstood icons of an extraordinary age.