Jefferson's America
Subtitle: the President, the purchase, and the explorers who transformed a nation
By: Julie M. Fenster
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780307956484
Subjects: Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806); Territorial expansion; Discovery and exploration; Louisiana Purchase; Explorers; History
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-413) and index.
Table of contents: title: In play; title: The man in the farming coat; title: This paradise or pandemonium; title: A wall of brass; title: "They pretend it is only to promote knoledge"; title: "The object of your mission is single"; title: Captain Merry; title: A second expedition; title: A special kind of war; title: Toward the Ouachita; title: River of dirt; title: Louisiana freshes; title: Mandan, Amatari and Minitarí; title: New Year's; title: The Arcansa and Red River expedition; title: Mysteries of the Mississippi; title: Achievements large and small; title: "The more danger the more honor"; title: Hobbling boldly; title: To go or not to go; title: Freeman and a certain success; title: Men of Jefferson.