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Citizen explorer : the life of Zebulon Pike
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Citizen explorer : the life of Zebulon Pike / Jared Orsi.
ISBN
9780199768721 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0199768722 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Physical Description
xii, 379 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 03, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
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