The Course of Empire
by Bernard De Voto
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very nice, clean copy of this classic of Western Americana. The story of 300 years of expansion of the American continent and the key role of geography and especially the Missouri River. DeVoto sheds light on the men who made America, their illusions, desires, greed, ideas and beliefs. Dust jacket clipped, former owners address sticker on endpaper. A bright copy. Not a first edition, a later printing.
Synopsis
Tracing North American Exploration from Balboa to Lewis and Clark, Devoto tells in a classic fashion how the drama of discovery defined the American nation. The Course of Empire is the third volume in historian Bernard Devoto’s monumental trilogy of the West. Entertaining and incisive, this is the dramatic story of three hundred years of exploration of North America leading up to 1805.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Juliet Webster (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2222383
- Title
- The Course of Empire
- Author
- Bernard De Voto
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1952
- Pages
- 647
- Size
- 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Western Americana, westward expansion, American geography, explorers, gold seekers, fur trappers.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Catalog 5;
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