Examines the settlement of the area that became the southwestern portion of the United States, detailing how it evolved from land settled by Native Americans, to Spanish territory, to states that were pawns between the North and South prior to the Civil War.
year: 1999
call number/section: 979.02, 973.62, 979
subjects: mexican war, 1846-1848, juvenile literature, southwest, new, history, to 1848, juvenile literature, united states, territorial expansion, southwestern states