Citizen explorer : : the life of Zebulon Pike / / Jared Orsi.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Oxford ;, New York : : Oxford University Press,, [2014] 2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (392 pages) :; illustrations, maps, portraits |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : In the bosom of a grateful country
- The happiness of a free and independent people : a family and a nation seek liberty, 1635-1794
- Be always ready to die for your country : the bargain of independence, 1794-1805
- A barrier to their trade : establishing Americans in the Upper Mississippi Country, 1805-1806
- Young warriors of the great American father : crossing the Plains, July-November 1806
- Frozen lads : into the Rockies, November 1806-February 1807
- A comfortable captivity : learning nationalism abroad in New Spain, February-July 1807
- Citizen soldier : Pike's and the nation, 1807-1813
- Epilogue : from frozen lads to purple mountain majesties : Pike's West and American nationalism, 1813-1893.