The Year of Decision 1846

A classic history of the pre-Civil War, far western frontier of the United States, from a Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author.

"In the first volume of the trilogy, Devoto made 1846 the "year of the decision." The reason was that it was in 1846 that America began a war with Mexico that would lead to the annexation of New Mexico, Arizona, and California; and that America settled a long-smoldering dispute with Great Britain and became sovereign in Oregon, thus beginning the p...