William Gilpin : : Western Nationalist / / Thomas L. Karnes.
William Gilpin (1815–1894) has been called “America’s first geopolitician.” Regarded today as both scientist and quack, Gilpin was in his own time a recognized authority whose maps were accepted by Congress as the most accurate available, and his description of trails and land in the West were read...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©1970 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (402 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue
- Chapter 1. The Brandywine Gilpins
- Chapter 2. Prairies and Everglades
- Chapter 3. Fierce in the Good Cause
- Chapter 4. What a Heart and Sinews She Has!
- Chapter 5. The Untransacted Destiny of the American People
- Chapter 6. Xenophon's March
- Chapter 7. High Jinks on the Santa Fe Trail
- Chapter 8. The Great West Is "Some"
- Chapter 9. The Government to Which We Gave Existence
- Chapter 10. Let Us Go to the Audience of the People
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index