A Wilderness So Immense: The Louisiana Purchase and the Destiny of America
by Kukla, Jon
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0375408126
- ISBN 13
- 9780375408120
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. First edition. Stated. DJ does not have price/book club. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 448 p. Map. Illustrations. Appendices. Note on Texts and Translations. Notes. Index. In this history of the Louisiana Purchase and the key role it played in the growth of America, Kukla examines the period of French and Spanish conquest, the politics surrounding the controversial purchase, as well as the opportunities that this huge expanse of land provided. Kukla provides a look a the major players, as well as at the pioneers and settlers who were to change this land. Interweaving the stories of ordinary settlers and imperial decision-makers, Kukla depicts a world of revolutionary intrigue that transformed a small and precarious union into a world power.
Synopsis
Jon Kukla received his B.A. from Carthage College and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. He has directed historical research and publishing at the Library of Virginia and has been curator and director of the Historic New Orleans Collection. In 2000 he returned to Virginia as director of the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation. He lives in Brookneal, Virginia.
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- Seller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 58522
- Title
- A Wilderness So Immense: The Louisiana Purchase and the Destiny of America
- Author
- Kukla, Jon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. Stated. DJ does not have price/book club
- ISBN 10
- 0375408126
- ISBN 13
- 9780375408120
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Barbe-Marbois, Carondelet, William Claiborne, George Rogers Clark, Gardoqui y Arriquivar, Edmond Genet, Manuel Godoy, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, Pierre Laussat, Charles Leclerc, Robert Livingston, Esteban Miro, Thomas Pickney, Tallyrand
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