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- catalog abstract """The Lewis and Clark expedition has become part of the founding myth of the American West, integral to our explanations of how the nation extended to the Pacific Ocean. It remains one of the most examined yet most mysterious of the many events that shaped the West. Whenever the reasons for its epic and harrowing journey must be explained, we find ourselves awash in grey. We suppose the nation was pushing its natural boundaries to both coasts; or we imagine it was a challenge that simply had to be met because it was there."" "So writes Laurie Winn Carlson at the start of her book about the opening of the American West. Why, she wonders, should Thomas Jefferson have bothered to send Lewis and Clark on an arduous transcontinental journey by foot when American ships were already plying the waters off the Pacific Northwest coast? Why didn't he bother to commission one of those ships to pick them up at the mouth of the Columbia River, rather than force them to return overland? The answer, Ms. Carlson argues, is that Lewis and Clark may have been only a demonstration of American reach or, worse, bait - to tempt the Spanish to attack the expedition, thus provoking a war with Spain over their territories to Florida and the West." "Seduced by the West views the Lewis and Clark expedition as just one of several schemes to seize Western lands from foreign powers and extend the new United States to the Pacific. And behind the scenes in most all of them was the Virginian who actually knew little about the West but under whose presidency the Louisiana Purchase was completed, Thomas Jefferson. As Ms. Carlson notes, Jefferson never traveled west, but he was involved to varying degrees with the men who did the exploring, organizing, and trekking at the Western frontiers - men who left few papers for historians to pursue, and have been largely forgotten."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12828653.
- catalog coverage "United States Territorial expansion.".
- catalog coverage "West (U.S.) Discovery and exploration.".
- catalog coverage "West (U.S.) History To 1848.".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description """The Lewis and Clark expedition has become part of the founding myth of the American West, integral to our explanations of how the nation extended to the Pacific Ocean. It remains one of the most examined yet most mysterious of the many events that shaped the West. Whenever the reasons for its epic and harrowing journey must be explained, we find ourselves awash in grey. We suppose the nation was pushing its natural boundaries to both coasts; or we imagine it was a challenge that simply had to be met because it was there."" "So writes Laurie Winn Carlson at the start of her book about the opening of the American West. Why, she wonders, should Thomas Jefferson have bothered to send Lewis and Clark on an arduous transcontinental journey by foot when American ships were already plying the waters off the Pacific Northwest coast? Why didn't he bother to commission one of those ships to pick them up at the mouth of the Columbia River, rather than force them to return overland? The answer, Ms. Carlson argues, is that Lewis and Clark may have been only a demonstration of American reach or, worse, bait - to tempt the Spanish to attack the expedition, thus provoking a war with Spain over their territories to Florida and the West." "Seduced by the West views the Lewis and Clark expedition as just one of several schemes to seize Western lands from foreign powers and extend the new United States to the Pacific. And behind the scenes in most all of them was the Virginian who actually knew little about the West but under whose presidency the Louisiana Purchase was completed, Thomas Jefferson. As Ms. Carlson notes, Jefferson never traveled west, but he was involved to varying degrees with the men who did the exploring, organizing, and trekking at the Western frontiers - men who left few papers for historians to pursue, and have been largely forgotten."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Away to the North Pacific -- To the West by East: John Ledyard's Venture -- The French Botanist, the Fading War Hero, and Dreams of Empire -- Wild Horses, Yellow Journalists, and a Lover of Glory -- Preparations -- The Perfect Bait -- Agent 13 -- The Burr Conspiracy -- Whatever Happened to Meriwether Lewis? -- The Wrest of the West.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-214) and index.".
- catalog extent "xii, 226 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Seduced by the West.".
- catalog identifier "1566634903 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Seduced by the West.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : Ivan R. Dee,".
- catalog relation "Seduced by the West.".
- catalog spatial "United States Territorial expansion.".
- catalog spatial "West (U.S.) Discovery and exploration.".
- catalog spatial "West (U.S.) History To 1848.".
- catalog spatial "West (U.S.)".
- catalog subject "978/.02 21".
- catalog subject "Explorers West (U.S.) Biography.".
- catalog subject "Explorers West (U.S.) History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "F592 .C29 2003".
- catalog subject "Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Views on the West (U.S.)".
- catalog subject "Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.".
- catalog subject "Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)".
- catalog tableOfContents "Away to the North Pacific -- To the West by East: John Ledyard's Venture -- The French Botanist, the Fading War Hero, and Dreams of Empire -- Wild Horses, Yellow Journalists, and a Lover of Glory -- Preparations -- The Perfect Bait -- Agent 13 -- The Burr Conspiracy -- Whatever Happened to Meriwether Lewis? -- The Wrest of the West.".
- catalog title "Seduced by the West : Jefferson's America and the lure of the land beyond the Mississippi / Laurie Winn Carlson.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".