Contents

Introduction

I Phenomena

CHAPTER ONE Journey to the Top of the World CHAPTER TWO The American Adventure of Louis Agassiz CHAPTER THREE The Unexpected Mrs. Stowe

II The Real West

CHAPTER FOUR Glory Days in Medora CHAPTER FIVE Remington

III Pioneers

CHAPTER SIX Steam Road to El Dorado CHAPTER SEVEN The Builders CHAPTER EIGHT The Treasure from the Carpentry Shop CHAPTER NINE Long-Distance Vision

IV Figures in a Landscape

CHAPTER TEN Cross the Blue Mountain CHAPTER ELEVEN The Lonely War of a Good Angry Man CHAPTER TWELVE Miriam Rothschild CHAPTER THIRTEEN South of Kankakee: A Day with David Plowden

V On We Go

CHAPTER FOURTEEN Washington on the Potomac CHAPTER FIFTEEN Extraordinary Times CHAPTER SIXTEEN Recommended Itinerary CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Simon Willard's Clock

Index