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So vast, so beautiful a land Louisiana and the Purchase.
Recounts how explorers discovered the Mississippi region and discusses the political, economic, and social factors that led to the Louisiana Purchase.
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Boston :
Little, Brown,
[1974]
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Edition: | [1st ed.] |
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xix, 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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Contents:
- Phantom River
- The Mist Rises-a little
- The Paths of Glory...
- ...Lead But to the Grave
- Iberville's Mardi Gras
- Chaos in Paradise
- Noble Swindler
- The Frustrations of Bienville
- Approach to the Rockies
- The Westering English
- France Loses and Empire
- Spain Gets a Lemon
- Thomas Jefferson: Land Developer
- Four Nations: One River
- Treaty Trouble and-Worse-Monsieur Genet
- The Tightrope Walkers
- The Chancellor's Great Adventure
- Bomnaparte Makes Up His Mind
- Fait Accompli.