index

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. contents vii
3. acknowledgments ix
4. introduction xi
5. the power of the word along the Great Road 1
6. the great road to justice and freedom: god, man, and woman 27
7. power and empire on the great road 71
8. westering 99
9. soldiers and Indians 139
10. the best idea: Yellowstone, the peaceable kingdom 167
11. The Great Road to Wilderness 219
12. “ocian in view! o! the joy!” 261
13. notes 293
14. works cited 309
15. index 313