Brief chronology of the westward expansion era
Presidents and vice-presidents before the Civil War
Prologue : the empire for liberty
Thomas Jefferson : he sees the elephant
Andrew Jackson : Old Hickory at the Bend
John Chapman : apples and angels
David Crockett : comedian and martyr, his life and death
Sam Houston : the president who loved to dance
James K. Polk : Young Hickory keeps a diary
Winfield Scott : Old Fuss and Feathers goes to the mountain
Kit Carson : taking Boone's Trace to the Pacific
Nicholas Trist : the search for a father voice
Epilogue : John Quincy Adams : Old Man Eloquent