Title Jefferson's America : the President, the purchase, and the explorers who transformed a nation / Julie M. Fenster.

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New York : Crown Publishers, [2016]

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Description	422 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-413) and index.
Contents	In Play -- The Man In The Farming Coat -- This Paradise Or Pandemonium -- A Wall Of Brass -- "They Pretend It Is Only To Promote Knowledge" -- "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.
Summary	Examines how Thomas Jefferson oversaw an unrivaled era of American exploration, sending out waves of expeditions into the West after the Louisiana Purchase, forging a new nation in the process.
Subject	West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration.
	Louisiana Purchase.
	Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
	United States -- Territorial expansion.
	Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
	Explorers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
	West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848.
	HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Adventurers & Explorers.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Presidents & Heads of State.
	Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. (OCoLC)fst00040754
	Lewis and Clark Expedition. (OCoLC)fst01406330
	Discoveries in geography. (OCoLC)fst00894950
	Explorers. (OCoLC)fst00918556
	Louisiana Purchase. (OCoLC)fst01002754
	Territorial expansion. (OCoLC)fst01355135
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	United States, West. (OCoLC)fst01243255
Chronological Term	To 1899
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN	9780307956484 (hardback)
	0307956482 (hardback)

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