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Jefferson's America : the President, the purchase, and the explorers who transformed a nation
- Title
- Jefferson's America : the President, the purchase, and the explorers who transformed a nation / Julie M. Fenster.
- Author
- Fenster, J. M. (Julie M.)
- Publication
- New York : Crown Publishers, [2016]
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- Description
- 422 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits; 25 cm
- Summary
- "The surprising story of how Thomas Jefferson commanded an unrivaled age of American exploration, sending out waves of expeditions into the West after the Louisiana Purchase. In presiding over that era of discovery, Jefferson forged a great nation"--
- Subjects
- Explorers
- United States
- Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Presidents & Heads of State
- Explorers > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century
- To 1899
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
- Territorial expansion
- West (U.S.) > Discovery and exploration
- HISTORY > United States > 19th Century
- United States, West
- United States > Territorial expansion
- Louisiana Purchase
- History
- Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Discoveries in geography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Adventurers & Explorers
- West (U.S.) > History > To 1848
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-413) and index.
- Contents
- In play -- The man in the farming coat -- This paradise or pandemonium -- A wall of brass -- "They pretend it is only to promote knoledge" -- "The object of your mission is single" -- Captain Merry -- A second expedition -- A special kind of war -- Toward the Ouachita -- River of dirt -- Louisiana freshes -- Mandan, Amatari and Minitarí -- New Year's -- The Arcansa and Red River expedition -- Mysteries of the Mississippi -- Achievements large and small -- "The more danger the more honor" -- Hobbling boldly -- To go or not to go -- Freeman and a certain success -- Men of Jefferson.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-10367
- ISBN
- 9780307956484
- 0307956482
- LCCN
- 2015041160
- OCLC
- 927618755
- 927618755
- Author
- Fenster, J. M. (Julie M.), author.
- Title
- Jefferson's America : the President, the purchase, and the explorers who transformed a nation / Julie M. Fenster.
- Publisher
- New York : Crown Publishers, [2016]
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-413) and index.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
- To 1899
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-10367
