From the framing of the Constitution in 1787 to the murder of an outspoken antislavery editor in 1837, God's plan for America unfolds--and the tragic conflict which threatens to tear the nation asunder now looms on the horizon like a darkening cloud. As thoroughly researched and popularly written as its predecessor, "From Sea to Shining Sea" traces God's hand in the Second Great Awakening, and in the brave and sometimes tragic saga of the pioneer families whose faith and courage opened the West.