So Vast, So Beautiful a Land: Louisiana and the Purchase

So Vast, So Beautiful a Land: Louisiana and the Purchase
ISBN-10
0804009430
ISBN-13
9780804009430
Category
Louisiana Purchase
Pages
418
Language
English
Published
1991
Publisher
Swallow Press
Author
Marshall Sprague

Description

Recounts how explorers discovered the Mississippi region and discusses the political, economic, and social factors that led to the Louisiana Purchase.

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