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The explorers : a new history of America in ten expeditions / Amanda Bellows.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bellows, Amanda, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adventure and adventurers--United States--Biography.
- Adventure and adventurers.
- Explorers--United States--Biography.
- Explorers.
- United States--Discovery and exploration.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biography.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map, photographs ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- New history of America in 10 expeditions
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024]
- Summary:
- "A fascinating new history of America, told through the stories of a diverse cast of ten extraordinary-and often overlooked-adventurers, from Sacagawea to Sally Ride, who pushed the boundaries of discovery and determined our national destiny"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Sacagawea the navigator
- James Beckwourth the mountain man
- Laura Ingalls Wilder the homesteader
- John Muir the preservationist
- Florence Merriam Bailey the conservationist
- William Sheppard the missionary
- Harriet Chalmers Adams the geographer
- Matthew Henson the Arctic explorer
- Amelia Earhart the aviator
- Sally Ride the astronaut
- Epilogue: The future of American exploration.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Bellows, Amanda Brickell. Explorers
- ISBN:
- 9780063227408
- 0063227401
- OCLC:
- 1428141540
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