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Adventuring with boldness : the triumph of the explorers / Bruce C. Paton.
- Title
- Adventuring with boldness : the triumph of the explorers / Bruce C. Paton.
- Author
- Paton, Bruce C.
- Publication
- Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., c2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | G200 .P32 2006 | Off-site |
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- Description
- x, 247 p. : maps; 23 cm.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-240) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- William Blight (1754-1817), beast or hero? -- Samuel Hearne (1745-1792), first to the coppermine -- Alexander Mackenzie (1762-1820), first to the Pacific -- Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) and William Clark (1770-1838), first Americans across the continent -- Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1779-1813), explorer or spy? -- John Wesley Powell (1834-1902), first down the Grand Canyon -- John Charles Frémont (1813-1890), the pathfinder -- Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), the man who attracted disaster -- John Rae (1813-1893), the man who walked on snowshoes -- Survival: who lives, who dies, and why -- Marching on their stomachs: food, famine, and cannibalism -- Pox and poisons: disease, injuries, medicines, and morale -- Dealing with the neighbors: contacts with indienous people -- Leadership: what made them tick? -- Epilogue: what happened after the expeditions?
- ISBN
- 1555915175 (pbk.)
- 9781555915179
- LCCN
- ^^2006002638
- OCLC
- 63187502
- SCSB-11853523
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library