© 1995
University of
New Mexico Press

All rights reserved
First edition

Frontispiece:
Horace Greeley, founder and editor of
New York Tribune and advocate
of western development.
(Courtesy University
of Rochester Library)

Designed by
Sue Niewiarowski

Library of Congress
Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Cross Coy F.
Go west, young man!
Horace Greeley's vision for America

Coy F. Cross II.--1st ed.

p. cm.
Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Greeley and the
safety valve--Editor and advocate
of the West--Educating farmers for
their noble profession--Advocating
land reform and the Homestead Act
--Battling slavery in the expanding
West--Fighting for the railroad west
--Supporting association and the
union colony--Epilogue
ISBN 0-8263-1605-0
1. Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
--Views on West (U.S)
2. Land settlement--West (U.S.)
--History--19th century.
3. Public lands-West (U.S.)
--History--19th century.
4. West (U.S.)--History.
I. Title.
E415.9.G8C85 1995
978'.02--dc 2094-18709
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