TY - BOOK AU - Bellows,Amanda Brickell TI - The explorers: a new history of America in ten expeditions SN - 9780063227408 PY - 2024///] CY - New York, NY PB - William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers KW - Adventure and adventurers KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Explorers KW - Discovery and exploration KW - Biographies KW - lcgft N1 - 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 N2 - "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"-- ER -