Citizen explorer : the life of Zebulon Pike / / Jared Orsi
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| Autore: |
Orsi Jared <1970->
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| Titolo: |
Citizen explorer : the life of Zebulon Pike / / Jared Orsi
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014] |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (384 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 973.4/8092 |
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| Soggetto topico: | Explorers - West (U.S.) |
| Soggetto geografico: | West (U.S.) Discovery and exploration |
| West (U.S.) History To 1848 | |
| United States Territorial expansion History 19th century | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Citizen explorer |
| ISBN: | 0-19-931455-1 |
| 0-19-067414-8 | |
| 0-19-931454-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910790609003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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