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"Originally prepared for publication as a serial in the Outlook."--Pref
Daniel Boone and the opening up of the West.--Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana purchase.--Andrew Jackson and the acquisition of Florida.--Sam Houston and the annexation of Texas.--Thomas Hart Benton and the occupation of Oregon.--John Charles Fremont and the conquest of California.--William Henry Seward and the Alaska cession.--William McKinley and the transmarine possessions.--Hints for further reading (p. 211-237)