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William Clark and the shaping of the West / by Landon Y. Jones.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks F 592.7 .C565 J66 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Landon Y., 1943-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clark, William, 1770-1838.
- Clark, William.
- Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818.
- Clark, George Rogers.
- Clark family.
- Explorers--West (U.S.)--Biography.
- Explorers.
- Governors--Missouri--Biography.
- Governors.
- West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration.
- West (U.S.).
- Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.).
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Indians of North America--Wars--1750-1815.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Wars--1815-1875.
- Indians of North America--Wars--West (U.S.).
- Discoveries in geography.
- Indians of North America--Wars.
- Missouri.
- West United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Clark, William.
- Genre:
- Biography.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 394 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Hill and Wang, ©2004.
- Summary:
- "Between 1803 and 1806, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark co-captained the most famous expedition in American history. But while Lewis ended his life just three years later, Clark, as the highest-ranking federal official in the West, spent three decades overseeing the expedition's consequences: Indian removal and the destruction of Native America. In a combination of story-telling and scholarship, author Landon Y. Jones presents Clark's life and career in their full complexity."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- A dark and bloody ground
- America's first west: 1722-1772
- General George Rogers Clark: 1772-1789
- Lieutenant Billy Clark: 1789-1795
- Soldier and citizen: 1795-1803
- "Ocian in view! O! the joy!":1803-1806
- This wild country: 1806-1809
- Life without Lewis: 1809-1813
- Territorial governor: 1813-1820
- "The red-headed chief": 1820-1829
- Resistance and removal: 1829-1838.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-373) and index.
- Local Notes:
- HSP copy is an Uncorrected Pr
- ISBN:
- 0809030411
- 9780809030415
- 9780809097265
- 0809097265
- OCLC:
- 53987025
- Publisher Number:
- 9780809030415
- Online:
- Book review (H-Net)
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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