The nearest approach to a moving narrative is
James K. Hosmer, "Short History of the Mississippi Valley"
(1901), which tells the story of the Middle West from the
earliest explorations to the close of the nineteenth century,
within a brief space, yet in a manner to arouse the reader's
interest and sympathy. A fuller and very readable narrative to
1796 will be found in Charles Moore, "The Northwest under Three
Flags" (1900). Still more detailed, and enlivened by many
contemporary rasps and plans, is Justin Winsor, "The Westward
Movement" (1899), covering the period from the pacification of
1763 to the close of the eighteenth century. Frederick J. Turner,
"Rise of the New West" (1906) contains several interesting and
authoritative chapters on western development after the War of
1812; and John B. McMaster, "History of the People of the United
States" (8 vols., 1883-1913), gives in the fourth and fifth
volumes a very good account of westward migration.
An excellent detailed account of the settlement and development
of a single section of the Northwest is G.
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