Sight Unseen: How Frémont's First Expedition Changed the American Landscape Contributor(s): Menard, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 1496205596 ISBN-13: 9781496205599 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - History | Expeditions & Discoveries |
Dewey: 978 |
Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6" W x 9" (0.92 lbs) 288 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
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Publisher Description:
John C. Frémont was the most celebrated explorer of his era. In 1842, on the first of five expeditions he would lead to the Far West, Frémont and a small party of men journeyed up the Kansas and Platte Rivers to the Wind River Range in Wyoming. At the time, virtually this entire region was known as the Great Desert, and many Americans viewed it and the Rocky Mountains beyond as natural barriers to the United States. After Congress published Frémont's official report of the expedition, however, few doubted the nation should expand to the Pacific. Andrew Menard is an independent writer, artist, and critic. His work has appeared in the Georgia Review, Antioch Review, the New England Quarterly, Western American Literature, Journal of American Studies, and Oxford Art Journal. He is the author of Learning from Thoreau. |