Stephen Long and American Frontier Exploration Oklahoma Pbk Edition Contributor(s): Nichols, Roger L. (Author), Halley, Patrick L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0806127244 ISBN-13: 9780806127248 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $21.73 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - History |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 94036696 |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.47" W x 8.33" (0.68 lbs) 284 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Plains |
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Publisher Description: Major Stephen H. Long of the United States Army was the most important government-sponsored explorer in the decade after the War of 1812. He led three major and several minor expeditions up the Mississippi, Missouri, and Arkansas rivers and the Red River of the north, as well as exploring the central and southern Plains, the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, and the Great Lakes. His campanions included engineers, cartographers, Naturalists, ethnologists, and artists, and they gathered a wealth of scientific, military, and artistic data about the interior of North America. For years Long's expeditions have been overlooked or misunderstood; here for the first time they are placed in the context of American scientific development. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nichols, Roger L.: - Roger L. Nichols is Professor Emeritus of History and Affiliate Professor of Indian Studies at the University of Arizona. He is the author of American Indians in U.S. History and editor of The American Indian: Past and Present, Sixth Edition. |