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The course of empire / by Bernard DeVoto ; with an introductory essay on the author by Wallace Stegner ; maps by Erwin Raisz.
Tracing North American exploration from Balboa to Lewis and Clark, DeVoto tells in classic fashion how the drama of discovery defined the American nation.
Record details
- ISBN: 0395924987
- ISBN: 9780395924983
- Physical Description: xxxv, 647 pages : maps ; 21 cm
- Edition: 1st Mariner Books ed.
- Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Originally published: ©1952."A Mariner book."
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 561-635) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Children of the sun -- Spectrum of knowledge -- Iron men -- Heartland -- Converging frontiers -- World turned upside down -- Twelve-year armistice -- Prime Meridian -- Equinoctial tide -- More perfect union -- Westward the course of empire -- Passage to India.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | E 179.5 .D48 1998 | 679330 | Stacks | Available | - |