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Author : Robin S. Doak
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2005-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 075650998X
A biography of the soldier and explorer whose fearless treks into the American West opened a gateway for pioneers and settlers who would someday flock to that region.
Author : Patricia Calvert
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761416129
Presents the life and career of the army officer and explorer who discovered, among other places in the West and Southwest, the great Rocky Mountain peak in Colorado that bears his name.
Author : Stephen Harding Hart,Archer Butler Hulbert
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0826333907
This valuable and long-out-of-print edition of Pike's Southwestern journals is being reissued on the bicentennial of the journey with a new Introduction by historian Mark L. Gardner.
Author : Kekla Magoon
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1604535180
Presents the life and expeditions of explorer Zebulon Pike, chronicling his journeys into both the American Northwest and the Mexican territory of the Southwest.
Author : George R. Matthews
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216169611
Through careful examination of primary documents, this book reveals that the true purpose of Zebulon Pike's western expedition in 1806–1807 was not innocent exploration of the West but an espionage mission in preparation for an American invasion of New Mexico. In 1806, the United States was on the brink of war with Spain over the disputed western boundary of the Louisiana Purchase and anticipated invading New Mexico. Possessing only meager information on the terrain as well as Spanish troop numbers and fortifications, President Thomas Jefferson and General James Wilkinson needed an agent who could cross the continent to Spanish territory all the way to the capital of Santa Fe, provide a plausible "cover story" for being there, and return with the vital information. Zebulon Pike: Thomas Jefferson's Agent for Empire is the story of how Pike carried out his mission as a prelude to an American invasion of New Mexico. This unique book is the first to fully chronicle Pike's 1806–1807 expedition to the Rocky Mountains and beyond, addressing both the exploratory and the clandestine purposes of Pike's western journey. By carefully examining the evidence available in primary documents, which shows that Pike prepared and carried a map showing a route to Santa Fe on his journey, the author overturns the conventional wisdom that Pike became lost searching for the Red River and mistakenly wandered into Spanish territory. This book also presents the Spanish perspective and response to Pike's invasion of Spanish territory and provides historical context to understand the role of Pike's expedition in Thomas Jefferson's quest to build an American "empire for liberty."
Author : William R. Sanford,Carl R. Green
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0766040127
"Examines the life of Zebulon Pike, including his childhood on the frontier, his days as a soldier, exploring the Rocky Mountains and the Southwest, and his legacy in American history"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Charles W. Maynard
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0823962865
Chronicles Zebulon Pike's exploration of territories within the Louisiana Purchase early in the nineteenth century, including his discovery of what is now known as Pike's Peak.
Author : Matthew L. Harris,Jay H. Buckley
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780806188317
In life and in death, fame and glory eluded Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1779–1813). The ambitious young military officer and explorer, best known for a mountain peak that he neither scaled nor named, was destined to live in the shadows of more famous contemporaries—explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. This collection of thought-provoking essays rescues Pike from his undeserved obscurity. It does so by providing a nuanced assessment of Pike and his actions within the larger context of American imperial ambition in the time of Jefferson. Pike’s accomplishments as an explorer and mapmaker and as a soldier during the War of 1812 has been tainted by his alleged connection to Aaron Burr’s conspiracy to separate the trans-Appalachian region from the United States. For two hundred years historians have debated whether Pike was an explorer or a spy, whether he knew about the Burr Conspiracy or was just a loyal foot soldier. This book moves beyond that controversy to offer new scholarly perspectives on Pike’s career. The essayists—all prominent historians of the American West—examine Pike’s expeditions and writings, which provided an image of the Southwest that would shape American culture for decades. John Logan Allen explores Pike’s contributions to science and cartography; James P. Ronda and Leo E. Oliva address his relationships with Native peoples and Spanish officials; Jay H. Buckley chronicles Pike’s life and compares Pike to other Jeffersonian explorers; Jared Orsi discusses the impact of his expeditions on the environment; and William E. Foley examines his role in Burr’s conspiracy. Together the essays assess Pike’s accomplishments and shortcomings as an explorer, soldier, empire builder, and family man. Pike’s 1810 journals and maps gave Americans an important glimpse of the headwaters of the Mississippi and the southwestern borderlands, and his account of the opportunities for trade between the Mississippi Valley and New Mexico offered a blueprint for the Santa Fe Trail. This volume is the first in more than a generation to offer new scholarly perspectives on the career of an overlooked figure in the opening of the American West.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Pikes Peak Library District
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781567352535
Author : Jared Orsi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780199768721
A historian offers the biography of the soldier and explorer for whom Pike's Peak is named, describing his amazing expeditions through areas that would become modern-day Mississippi, Minnesota and Arkansas before being captured by the Spanish.
Author : Susan Sinnott
Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0516030582
Describes the adventures and travels of the army officer who explored the upper Mississippi, Great Plains, and Colorado area before the War of 1812.
Author : Zebulon Montgomery Pike
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : United States
ISBN : PSU:000028637387
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1932
Category : West (U.S.)
ISBN : UOM:39015089588472
Author : Frank N. Magill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1534 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781135924140
Each volume of the Dictionary of World Biography contains 250 entries on the lives of the individuals who shaped their times and left their mark on world history. This is not a who's who. Instead, each entry provides an in-depth essay on the life and career of the individual concerned. Essays commence with a quick reference section that provides basic facts on the individual's life and achievements. The extended biography places the life and works of the individual within an historical context, and the summary at the end of each essay provides a synopsis of the individual's place in history. All entries conclude with a fully annotated bibliography.
Author : Joy Hakim
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0195153278
Presents the history of America from the earliest times of the Native Americans to the Clinton administration.