| The Course of Empire Contributor(s): Devoto, Bernard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0395924987 ISBN-13: 9780395924983 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1998 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Tracing North American Exploration from Balboa to Lewis and Clark, Devoto tells in a classic fashion how the drama of discovery defined the American nation. The Course of Empire is the third volume in historian Bernard Devoto's monumental trilogy of the West. Entertaining and incisive, this is the dramatic story of three hundred years of exploration of North America leading up to 1805. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | North American - History | Expeditions & Discoveries - History | United States - General |
| Dewey: 973.1 |
| Physical Information: 1.72" H x 5.44" W x 8.21" (1.52 lbs) 688 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
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Contributor Bio(s): Devoto, Bernard: - Bernard DeVoto (1897-1955), winner of the Pulitzer Prize, was a renowned scholar-historian of the American West and one of the country's greatest men of letters. |