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019 _a933727073
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020 _a9780307956484 (hardback)
020 _a0307956482 (hardback)
035 _a(OCoLC)927618755
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043 _an-us---
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092 _a973.46
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049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aFenster, J. M.
_q(Julie M.),
_eauthor.
_9135406
245 1 0 _aJefferson's America :
_bthe President, the purchase, and the explorers who transformed a nation /
_cJulie M. Fenster.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bCrown Publishers,
_c[2016]
300 _a422 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 371-408) and index.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
505 0 _aIn 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 MinitarĂ­ -- 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.
651 0 _aWest (U.S.)
_xDiscovery and exploration.
_99050
650 0 _aLouisiana Purchase.
_966180
611 2 0 _aLewis and Clark Expedition
_d(1804-1806)
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651 0 _aUnited States
_xTerritorial expansion.
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600 1 0 _aJefferson, Thomas,
_d1743-1826.
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650 0 _aExplorers
_zWest (U.S.)
_xHistory
_y19th century.
_9304524
651 0 _aWest (U.S.)
_xHistory
_yTo 1848.
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