David Lavender
28) The great West
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Pub. Date
c1985
Description
Rev. ed. of: The American Heritage history of the great West. 1965. A history of the exploration and conquest of the West from 1763 to the twilight of the frontier in the twentieth century.
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Pub. Date
[2001]
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"Lavender sets the stage with an account of the imperial rivalries between England, Spain, France, and the United States, and their role in Thomas Jefferson's decision to sponsor an expedition that might strengthen the young country's claims to lands it had purchased but never seen. Lavender then takes us through the steps that led to the selection of Meriwether Lewis as the Corps of Discovery's leader with William Clark as coleader. From there the...
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Pub. Date
[1985], c1963
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""In one very real sense," David Lavender writes, "the story of the Oregon Trail begins with Columbus." This opening suggests the panoramic sweep of his history of that famous trail. In chiseled, colorful prose, Lavender illustrates the "westward vision" that impelled the early explorers of the American interior looking for a northwest passage and send fur trappers into the region charted by Lewis and Clark. For the emigrants following the trappers'...
36) The Southwest
Author
Pub. Date
1984
Description
A historical and cultural overview, including discussions of present-day racial, conservation, and economic problems.