Chronicles the history of the United States from the time of the Missouri Compromise, when Maine and Missouri became states, until Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency. Hakim's ten-volume history of the United States makes American history as exciting as an adventure story and as stimulating as a suspense yarn. She tells stories with all the fascinating sides of factual history. The dates and events, characters and complexities, heroes, heroines and villains are woven into the great American history. B&W illustrations throughout, index and timelines. Preface: Antebellum---Say Aunty Belle and Add um 9(4) The Long Way West 13(3) Mountain Men 16(5) Riding the Trail to Santa Fe 21(5) Susan Magoffin's Diary 26(4) Feature: The New Americans are Called Immigrants 29(1) Pioneers: Taking the Trail West 30(8) Feature: ``Another Fine Cow Died This Afternoon'' 36(2) Getting There 38(5) Latter-Day Saints 43(5) Coast-to-Coast Destiny 48(6) A Hero of His Times 54(4) Texas: Tempting and Beautiful 58(6) Fighting Over a Border 64(5) There's Gold in Them Hills 69(9) Feature: The Chinese, the Know-Nothings, and Abraham Lincoln 71(7) Clipper Ships and Pony Express 78(7) Feature: Dots, Dashes, the Computer, and Idea Connections 83(1) Feature: Won the Battle, Lost the War 84(1) Flying by Stagecoach 85(5) Feature: Keeping Up with the Presidents and Other Things 86(4) Arithmetic at Sea 90(5) Thar She Blows! 95(7) A Japanese Boy in America 102(5) Cities and Progress 107(5) A Land of Movers 112(4) Workin' on the Railroad 116(4) ``She Wishes to Ornament Their Minds'' 120(5) Feature: Special Teachers 124(1) Do Girls Have Brains? 125(5) Seneca Falls and the Rights of Women 130(6) Feature: Climb Every Mountain 134(2) A Woman Named Truth 136(2) Life in the Mills 138(4) Working Women and Children 142(5) Feature: I Am Well Which is One Comfort 144(3) American Writers 147(3) Mr. Thoreau---at Home with the World 150(2) Melville and Company 152(4) If a Poet Writes You a Letter, Pay Attention 156(6) Painter of Birds and Painter of Indians 162(9) Feature: The United States of Artists 166(2) Feature: American Folk Art 168(3) Amistad Means Friendship 171(6) Webster Defends the Union 177(3) Big Problems and a Little Giant 180(6) A Dreadful Decision 186(2) Fleeing to Freedom 188(3) Over the River and Underground 191(5) Seven Decades 196(3) Chronology of Events 199(1) More Books to Read 200(1) Picture Credits 201(2) Index 203(8) A Note from the Author 211(2) Atlas 213