Introduction: The road and us -- The power of the word along the great road -- The great road to justice and freedom : God, man, and woman -- Power and empire on the great road : six presidents and a plutocrat -- Westering : prairies and plains, the big empty and the Sandhills -- Soldiers and Indians : the struggle for a continent -- The best idea : Yellowstone, the peaceable kingdom -- The great road to wilderness -- "Ocian in view! O! the joy!"
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-312) and index
