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First published in 1849 and later revised in several subsequent editions, Francis Parkman's The Oregon Trail is the definitive trail-journal. The author was 23 when he stepped on a steamer and began a two-month tour through the West, visiting Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas.
A historian, Parker was determined to articulate his trail experiences in the most informed manner possible, and his book was a best-seller. The Oregon Trail: Sketches...
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In 1803, when the United States purchased Louisiana from France, the great expanse of this new American territory was a blank-not only on the map but in our knowledge. President Thomas Jefferson keenly understood that the course of the nation's destiny lay westward and that a national "Voyage of Discovery" must be mounted to determine the nature and accessibility of the frontier. He commissioned his young secretary, Meriwether Lewis, to lead an intelligence-gathering...
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National Geographic Society
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2003.
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Presents aviator Amelia Earhart's personal account of her experiences as the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by airplane as a passenger in Wilmer Stultz's "Friendship" in 1928, and provides information about her young adult life and fascination with airplanes, as well as a discussion of the future of flight.
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