The Course of Empire
by DeVoto, Bernard
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- Paperback
- Condition
- VG
- ISBN 10
- 080326559X
- ISBN 13
- 9780803265592
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About This Item
Lincoln & London: U. Of Nebraska, 1983. 647pp. Extremities rubbed; light soiling on edges. Endnotes; maps; biblio.; index.. Reprint. Pb. VG.
Synopsis
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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- Title
- The Course of Empire
- Author
- DeVoto, Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 080326559X
- ISBN 13
- 9780803265592
- Publisher
- U. Of Nebraska
- Place of Publication
- Lincoln & London
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- American History
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