The Course Of Empire

by Devoto, Bernard

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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New York: Houghton Mifflin/Reissued by Peter Smith, 1980. Hardcover. As New. Hardback Without Dust Jacket. Red cloth binding with title information to spine in black. VERY FINE. All corners pointed. Binding tight and square. Without tears, creases, chips or bumps. Not marked in any way and very clean and bright. All items carefully wrapped and sent boxed. … Read more about this item
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Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1988. Full Leather. Very Good. Illustrated by Raisz, Erwin (maps). Crisp and clean except for a small fingerprint on the front fixed endpaper and two more at the bottom of the "Notes from History" insert, a few very light rub marks in the gilding along the head and foreedges of the page block,… Read more about this item
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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… Read more about this item
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Houghton Mifflin Co., 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. A Very Good, clean and tight volume (with a 'Fair' jacket), illustrated with many b/w maps throughout. An important scholarly text of the men who explored and conquered early Western America. Volume has only one spot of foxing on the foredge. A small ink previous owner name on front free end-paper.… Read more about this item
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Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. Paperback. 1989. 1st thus. Thick 8vo 647pp . Very Good+ with no DJ. Maps. Rear cover top corner slightly creased. Introduction by Wallace Stegner. The third volume in DeVoto's monumental trilogy of the West. The story of three hundred years of exploration of North America leading up to 1805. American Heritage Library .
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