The Year of Decision 1846

Year of Decision 1846 tells many fascinating stories of the U.S. explorers who began the western march from the Mississippi to the Pacific, from Canada to the annexation of Texas, California, and the southwest lands from Mexico. It is the penultimate book of a trilogy which includes Across the Wide Missouri (for which DeVoto won both the Pulitzer and Bancroft prizes) and The Course of Empire. DeVoto's narrative covers the expanding Western frontier, the Mormons, the Donner party, Fremont's exploration, the Army of the West, and takes readers into Native American tribal life.

• Across the Wide Missouri
• The Course of Empire
• Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
• Earning the Rockies: How Geography Shapes America's Role in the World
• Earning the Rockies: How Geography Shapes America's Role in the World
• The Great Plains
• The Journals of Lewis and Clark (Lewis & Clark Expedition)
• The Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail
• The Return of Marco Polo's World: War, Strategy, and American Interests in the Twenty-first Century
• The Course of Empire: