TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CROSSING THE ATLANTIC -- THE MOTHER-LODE: NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, AND OHIO -- FARMING IN ILLINOIS, WISCONSIN, IOWA, AND TENNESSEE -- FARMING IN MISSOURI, KANSAS, NEBRASKA, AND TEXAS -- FARMING'S LAST FRONTIER: OREGON AND WASHINGTON -- IN AMERICAN INDUSTRY: COALMINING -- IRON AND STEEL AND TIN-PLATE INDUSTRIES -- ON THE MINING FRONTIERS -- DURING THE CIVIL WAR -- IN SEARCH OF ZION -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.