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Author:

Fenster, J. M. (Julie M.)

Title:

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

Edition:

Unabridged.

Publisher:

Recorded Books,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

10 audio discs (approximately 12 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

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.

Other Authors:

Pruden, John. nrt.

Notes:

Title from container. Read by John Pruden.

Contents:

In play -- The man in the farming coat -- This paradise or pandemonium -- A wall of brass -- "They pretend it is only to promote knoledge" -- "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:

"The surprising story of how Thomas Jefferson commanded an unrivaled age of American exploration, sending out waves of expeditions into the West after the Louisiana Purchase. In presiding over that era of discovery, Jefferson forged a great nation"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1681681269
9781681681269

Locations:

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)