Susa Young Gates : her life and literary work

Too long have Americans accepted western colonization in terms of a kaleidoscopic assortment of boundlessly bountiful land in slabs such as "The Oregon Territory" or "The Mississippi Valley," of romanticized. men like Daniel Boone, Buffalo Bill, and Jim Bridger, of soul-stirring slogans : "Fifty-four-forty or 'Fight," Manifest Destiny," or the brief but impelling cry of "Gold!"