Forts of the American Frontier 1776-1891 - California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska

Informationen zum Autor Ron Field Klappentext With the violent separation between the United States and Britain which began in 1776, the new 'Americans' set off to fulfill their manifest destiny and rule their new land from coast to coast. As they pushed westward, they came into conflict with both natives and other European settlers, and began to build fortresses to defend their newly claimed land. This book charts the development and variation of the fortresses of the American Frontier, covering both American defenses and those of the Spanish in the west. It also examines the little-known forts of early Russian settlers on the Pacific coast.An examination of some of the famous forts of the American frontier, including American, Spanish and even Russian. Zusammenfassung "Forts of the American Frontier 1776-1891: California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska".

Product details

• Authors: Ron Field, Field Ron
• Assisted by: Adam Hook (Illustration), Adam (Illustrator) Hook (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.10.2011
• EAN: 9781849083157
• ISBN: 978-1-84908-315-7
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 182 mm x 246 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Fortress; Fortress
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Architecture, military history, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Warfare & defence, c 1500 onwards to present day, United States of America, USA, Warfare and defence, History of the Americas, War and defence operations, american civil war; acw