Zebulon Pike, Thomas Jefferson, and the opening of the American West / edited by Matthew L. Harris and Jay H. Buckley.

Title:

ISBN:

9780806142432

Publication Information:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2012]

Physical Description:

x, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents:

Introduction : Zebulon Montgomery Pike in American memory / Matthew L. Harris -- Pike as a forgotten and misunderstood explorer / Jay H. Buckley -- Pike and empire / James P. Ronda -- Pike and American science / John Logan Allen -- Jeffersonian explorers in the trans-Mississippi West : Zebulon Pike in perspective / Jay H. Buckley -- An empire and ecology of liberty / Jared Orsi -- Enemies and friends : Pike and Melgares in the competition for the Great Plains / Leo E. Oliva -- James Wilkinson : Pike's mentor and Jefferson's capricious point man in the West / William E. Foley.

Personal Subject:

Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.

Geographic Term:

West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration.

Subject Term:

Explorers--West (U.S.) -- History 19th century.

Added Author:

Harris, Matthew L.

Buckley, Jay H.

OCLC Number:

ocn743432536