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Exploring Lewis and Clark; Reflection on Men and Wilderness
by Slaughter, Thomas P
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375400788
- ISBN 13
- 9780375400780
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 2003. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Quarto. 231pp. Index. Brown and tan boards lettered in gilt. Illustrated. ". probes beneath the traditional narrative of the journey, looking beyond the perspectives of the explorers themselves to those of the women and men who accompanied them, as well as of the Indians who met them along the way" -from the dust jacket.
Synopsis
Thomas P. Slaughter is the Andrew V. Tackes Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. He is the award-winning author of three previous books—most recently, T he Natures of John and William Bartram —and is the editor of three others, including the Library of America edition of William Bartram: Travels and Other Writings . He lives in South Bend, Indiana, with his wife and two children.
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- ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19870
- Title
- Exploring Lewis and Clark; Reflection on Men and Wilderness
- Author
- Slaughter, Thomas P
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0375400788
- ISBN 13
- 9780375400780
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Lewis and Clark Expedition, US West Discovery and Exploration, US West Description and Travel, Explorers-West, Biography, Meriwether Lewis, Sacagawea, Indians of North America 19th Century, US Wilderness Areas 19th Century. , , , ,
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