March of the Iron Men: A Social History of Union Through Invention |
Contents
THE PRINTING PRESS AND THE BACK GROUND OF AMERICA | 3 |
MECHANICS OF THE EMIGRATION | 16 |
LIFE IN THE WILDERNESS | 34 |
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