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Citizen explorer : the life of Zebulon Pike /
It was November 1806. The explorers had gone without food for one day, then two. Their leader, not yet thirty, drove on, determined to ascend the great mountain. Waist deep in snow, he reluctantly turned back. But Zebulon Pike had not been defeated. His name remained on the unclimbed peak-and new ad...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.