Citizen explorer : the life of Zebulon Pike / / Jared Orsi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823641103321
• Autore: Orsi Jared <1970->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• ISBN: 0-19-931455-1; 0-19-067414-8; 0-19-931454-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 pages)
• Disciplina: 973.4/8092; B
• Soggetti: Explorers - West (U.S.); West (U.S.) Discovery and exploration; West (U.S.) History To 1848; United States Territorial expansion History 19th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : In the bosom of a grateful country -- The happiness of a free and independent people : a family and a nation seek liberty, 1635-1794 -- Be always ready to die for your country : the bargain of independence, 1794-1805 -- A barrier to their trade : establishing Americans in the Upper Mississippi Country, 1805-1806 -- Young warriors of the great American father : crossing the Plains, July-November 1806 -- Frozen lads : into the Rockies, November 1806-February 1807 -- A comfortable captivity : learning nationalism abroad in New Spain, February-July 1807 -- Citizen soldier : Pike's and the nation, 1807-1813 -- Epilogue : from frozen lads to purple mountain majesties : Pike's West and American nationalism, 1813-1893.
• Sommario/riassunto: Life and times biography of a key explorer of the US West.