LEADER 03834nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910451947103321 005 20210527003627.0 010 $a1-281-73525-6 010 $a9786611735258 010 $a0-300-13781-8 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300137811 035 $a(CKB)1000000000477744 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0022168128 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000195971 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11171989 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000195971 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10129905 035 $a(PQKB)11163911 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000157780 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420256 035 $a(DE-B1597)485418 035 $a(OCoLC)1023994039 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300137811 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420256 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10190713 035 $a(OCoLC)923591187 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000477744 100 $a20061006d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe making of John Ledyard$b[electronic resource] $eempire and ambition in the life of an early American traveler /$fEdward G. Gray 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (xiii, 224 p.) )$cill., maps 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-300-11055-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 195-215) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tA NOTE ON QUOTATIONS --$tIntroduction --$tCHAPTER I. A Colonial Childhood --$tCHAPTER II. On Stage at Dartmouth College --$tCHAPTER III. Serving Captain Cook with Honor --$tCHAPTER IV. Seeking Distinction with the Pen Aboard the Resolution --$tCHAPTER V. Following the Revolution Home --$tCHAPTER VI. From Author to Fur Trader --$tCHAPTER VII. Becoming a Traveler in Thomas Jefferson's Paris --$tCHAPTER VIII. Across the Russian Empire --$tCHAPTER IX. Despotism and Human Nature in Catherine II's Russia --$tCHAPTER X. To Africa --$tEpilogue: MEMORIES OF THE TRAVELER --$tNOTES --$tINDEX 330 $aDuring the course of his short but extraordinary life, John Ledyard (1751-1789) came in contact with some of the most remarkable figures of his era: the British explorer Captain James Cook, American financier Robert Morris, Revolutionary naval commander John Paul Jones, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and others. Ledyard lived and traveled in remarkable places as well, journeying from the New England backcountry to Tahiti, Hawaii, the American Northwest coast, Alaska, and the Russian Far East. In this engaging biography, the historian Edward Gray offers not only a full account of Ledyard's eventful life but also an illuminating view of the late eighteenth-century world in which he lived. Ledyard was both a product of empire and an agent in its creation, Gray shows, and through this adventurer's life it is possible to discern the many ways empire shaped the lives of nations, peoples, and individuals in the era of the American Revolution, the world's first modern revolt against empire. 606 $aExplorers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aTravelers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aVoyages and travels$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aUnited States$xDescription and travel 607 $aOceania$xDescription and travel 607 $aRussia$xDescription and travel 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aExplorers 615 0$aTravelers 615 0$aVoyages and travels$xHistory 676 $a910.92 676 $aB 700 $aGray$b Edward G.$f1964-$01048848 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451947103321 996 $aThe making of John Ledyard$92477412 997 $aUNINA