By William Thompson
-- transparent and concise biographies of the best-known frontiersmen, girls, and settlers of the West -- comprises attention-grabbing and informative sidebars -- Written in available, simply understood language -- enhances tuition curriculum He was once referred to as the best mass assassin in American historical past.
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