Author: Ralph Y. McGinnis

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780830412471

Instead of battling the West with a pistol, Abraham Lincoln tamed America's western territories with his famous pen. By passing laws that offered cheap land, adequate railway transportation, and inexpensive, practical education, Lincoln provided the means for the settlement of the Great American West. By examining policies, problems, and actions,Abraham Lincoln and the Western Territories tells the story of how the Wild West was won for the Union. A Burnham Publishers book