The explorers : a new history of America in ten expeditions /
Bellows, Amanda Brickell,
The explorers : a new history of America in ten expeditions / New history of America in 10 expeditions Amanda Bellows. - First edition. - vi, 368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map, photographs ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-352) and index.
Sacagawea the navigator -- James Beckwourth the mountain man -- Laura Ingalls Wilder the homesteader -- John Muir the preservationist -- Florence Merriam Bailey the conservationist -- William Sheppard the missionary -- Harriet Chalmers Adams the geographer -- Matthew Henson the Arctic explorer -- Amelia Earhart the aviator -- Sally Ride the astronaut -- Epilogue: The future of American exploration.
"A fascinating new history of America, told through the stories of a diverse cast of ten extraordinary-and often overlooked-adventurers, from Sacagawea to Sally Ride, who pushed the boundaries of discovery and determined our national destiny"--
9780063227408 0063227401
2023054991
Adventure and adventurers--United States--Biography.
Explorers--United States--Biography.
United States--Discovery and exploration.
Biographies.
The explorers : a new history of America in ten expeditions / New history of America in 10 expeditions Amanda Bellows. - First edition. - vi, 368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map, photographs ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-352) and index.
Sacagawea the navigator -- James Beckwourth the mountain man -- Laura Ingalls Wilder the homesteader -- John Muir the preservationist -- Florence Merriam Bailey the conservationist -- William Sheppard the missionary -- Harriet Chalmers Adams the geographer -- Matthew Henson the Arctic explorer -- Amelia Earhart the aviator -- Sally Ride the astronaut -- Epilogue: The future of American exploration.
"A fascinating new history of America, told through the stories of a diverse cast of ten extraordinary-and often overlooked-adventurers, from Sacagawea to Sally Ride, who pushed the boundaries of discovery and determined our national destiny"--
9780063227408 0063227401
2023054991
Adventure and adventurers--United States--Biography.
Explorers--United States--Biography.
United States--Discovery and exploration.
Biographies.