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"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"--
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Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806), Territorial expansion, Discovery and exploration, Louisiana Purchase, Explorers, History, Jefferson, thomas, 1743-1826, Lewis and clark expedition (1804-1806), Louisiana purchase, West (u.s.), discovery and exploration, United states, territorial expansion, West (u.s.), history, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Discoveries in geography, Lewis-and-Clark-Expedition, Expansionspolitik, Lewis and Clark Expedition. fast (OCoLC)fst01406330People
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)Places
United States, West (U.S.)Times
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Jefferson's America: the President, the purchase, and the explorers who transformed a nation
2016, Crown
in English
- First edition.
0307956482 9780307956484
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Table of 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-413) and index.
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