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Barcode30053003779108
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call No910.92 BELL
Title The explorers : a new history of America in ten expeditions / Amanda Bellows.
Author Bellows, Amanda, author.
CollectionNEW: Adult 900-999
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 Paris-Bourbon30053003779108910.92 BELL7/25/2024 Available

Catalog Details

Personal Name Bellows, Amanda, author.
Title Statement The explorers : a new history of America in ten expeditions / Amanda Bellows.
Edition Statement First edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]
Physical Description vi, 368 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-352) and index.
Formatted Contents Note Sacagawea the navigator -- James Beckwourth the mountain man -- Laura Ingalls Wilder the homesteader -- John Muir the preservationist -- Florence Merriam Bailey the conservationist -- William Sheppard the missionary -- Harriet Chalmers Adams the geographer -- Matthew Henson the Arctic explorer -- Amelia Earhart the aviator -- Sally Ride the astronaut -- Epilogue: the future of American exploration.
Summary, Etc. "A fascinating new history of America, told through the stories of a diverse cast of ten extraordinary-and often overlooked-adventurers, from Sacagawea to Sally Ride, who pushed the boundaries of discovery and determined our national destiny"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Explorers Biography. United States
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Adventure and adventurers Biography. United States
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term United States Discovery and exploration.

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