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• Title:The course of empire / by Bernard DeVoto ; with maps by Erwin Raisz.
  
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• Author/Creator:De Voto, Bernard, 1897-1955.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Raisz, Erwin, 1893-1968, cartographer.
  
• Published/Created:Boston : Houghton, Mifflin, ©1952.
  

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  • Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: E179.5 .D39
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: E179.5 .D4
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Indians of North America--History.
  Imperialism.
  North America--Discovery and exploration.
  United States--Territorial expansion.
  
• Description:xvii, 647 pages : maps (part color) ; 22 cm
  
• Series:American Heritage library.
  
• Summary:From the 16th century through the year 1805, De Voto tells the story of American westward expansion, emphasizing that not only the promise of material gains but also the satisfactions of conquering a wilderness spurred on the indomitable explorers and pioneers.
  
• Additional formats:Also available online.
  
• Notes:Map on endpapers.
  Includes index.
  Includes bibliographical references (p. 561-631) and index.
  
• Contents:The children of the sun
  The spectrum of knowledge
  The iron men
  The heartland
  Converging frontiers
  The world turned upside down
  Twelve-year armistice
  Prime meridian
  Equinoctial tide
  A more perfect union
  Westward the course of empire
  The passage to India.