Martin W Sandler

"Who fired the first shots in the American Civil War? Where were the fiercest battles fought? How did Lincoln free millions of slaves with one document? Acclaimed author Martin Sandler answers all these and other "must-know" questions about the war that pitted brother against brother and tore the United States apart"--

Answers questions about the American pioneers and Westward expansion, including who settled the frontier towns of the Wild West and whether pioneer children attended school.