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Seduced by the West : Jefferson's America and the lure of the land beyond the Mississippi / Laurie Winn Carlson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carlson, Laurie M., 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
- Jefferson, Thomas.
- Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806).
- Lewis and Clark Expedition.
- Explorers--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
- Explorers.
- Explorers--West (U.S.)--Biography.
- History.
- West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration.
- West (U.S.).
- United States--Territorial expansion.
- United States.
- Territorial expansion.
- West (U.S.)--History--To 1848.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 226 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2003.
- Summary:
- In her provocative new book, Laurie Winn Carlson questions the larger aims of the famed Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-1806 and sees it as part of abroad range of schemes to wrest the American West from estblished European powers who claimed territory there.
- Contents:
- 1 Away to the North Pacific 3
- 2 To the West by East: John Ledyard's Venture 25
- 3 The French Botanist, the Fading War Hero, and Dreams of Empire 41
- 4 Wild Horses, Yellow Journalists, and a Lover of Glory 62
- 5 Preparations 90
- 6 The Perfect Bait 112
- 7 Agent 13 127
- 8 The Burr Conspiracy 148
- 9 Whatever Happened to Meriwether Lewis? 168
- 10 The Wrest of the West 188.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-214) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1566634903
- OCLC:
- 50447619
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