The Course of Empire
Author | : Bernard De Voto |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 694 |
Release | : 1998 |
ISBN-10 | : 0395924987 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780395924983 |
Rating | : 4/5 (983 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Course of Empire written by Bernard De Voto and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1998 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing North American Exploration from Balboa to Lewis and Clark, Devoto tells in a classic fashion how the drama of discovery defined the American nation. The Course of Empire is the third volume in historian Bernard Devoto's monumental trilogy of the West. Entertaining and incisive, this is the dramatic story of three hundred years of exploration of North America leading up to 1805.