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Overview
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.
Editorials
Bill Croke
...[T[he national literacy of the pre-television era demanded lucid prose and a good story....[P]rovides a comprehensive look at the major explorations of the North American continent.— The Weekly Standard
Library Journal
DeVoto won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his series on the settling of the American West. The Course of the Empire traces the history of North America over a period of 278 years. Across the Wide Missouri, however, is more narrowly focused, covering specifically the importance of the fur trade of the early 1800s. Both are solid histories for public and academic libraries.Bill Croke
...[T[he national literacy of the pre-television era demanded lucid prose and a good story....[P]rovides a comprehensive look at the major explorations of the North American continent.— The Weekly Standard
Book Details
Published
March 1, 2001
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
Pages
688
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780395924983