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Author:

Gray, Edward G., 1964-

Title:

The making of John Ledyard : empire and ambition in the life of an early American traveler / Edward G. Gray.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xiii, 224 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Ledyard, John,--1751-1789.
Ledyard, John,--1751-1789.--Travel.
Ledyard, John,--1751-1789--Friends and associates.
Explorers--United States.--Biography.
Travelers--United States.--Biography.
Voyages and travels--History--18th century.
United States--Description and travel.
Oceania--Description and travel.
Russia--Description and travel.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-215) and index.

Contents:

A colonial childhood -- On stage at Dartmouth College -- Serving Captain Cook with honor -- Seeking distinction with the pen aboard the Resolution -- Following the Revolution home -- From author to fur trader -- Becoming a traveler in Thomas Jefferson's Paris -- Across the Russian empire -- Despotism and human nature in Catherine II's Russia -- To Africa.

ISBN:

0300110553 (alk. paper)
9780300110555 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)73993148

LCCN:

2006033476

Locations:

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

MAPA553 -- Ledyard Public Library (Ledyard) — ANF 910.92 Gray 10