The explorers a new history of America in ten expeditions
"A fascinating new history of America, told through the stories of a diverse cast of ten extraordinary-and often overlooked-adventurers, from Sacagawea to Sally Ride, who pushed the boundaries of discovery and determined our national destiny"--
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New York, NY :
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
[2024]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The explorers : |b a new history of America in ten expeditions / |c Amanda Bellows. |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | |a New history of America in 10 expeditions |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY : |b William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, |c [2024] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2024 | |
| 300 | |a vi, 368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations (some color), map ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 520 | |a "A fascinating new history of America, told through the stories of a diverse cast of ten extraordinary-and often overlooked-adventurers, from Sacagawea to Sally Ride, who pushed the boundaries of discovery and determined our national destiny"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Sacagawea : the navigator -- James Beckwourth : the mountain man -- Laura Ingalls Wilder : the homesteader -- John Muir : the preservationist -- Florence Merriam Bailey : the conservationist -- William Sheppard : the missionary -- Harriet Chalmers Adams : the geographer -- Matthew Henson : the Arctic explorer -- Amelia Earhart : the aviator -- Sally Ride : the astronaut -- Epilogue: The future of American exploration. | |
| 520 | |a "The Explorers rediscovers a diverse group of Americans who went to the western frontier and beyond, traversing the farthest reaches of the globe and even penetrating outer space in their endeavor to find the unknown. Many escaped from lives circumscribed by racism, sexism, poverty, and discrimination as they took on great risk in unfamiliar territory. Born into slavery, James Beckwourth found freedom as a mountain man and became one of the great entrepreneurs of Gold Rush California. Matthew Henson, the son of African American sharecroppers, left rural Maryland behind to seek the North Pole. Women like Harriet Chalmers Adams ascended Peruvian mountains to gain geographic knowledge while Amelia Earhart and Sally Ride shattered glass ceilings by pushing the limits of flight. In The Explorers, readers will travel across the vast Great Plains and into the heights of the Sierra Nevada mountains; they will traverse the frozen Arctic Ocean and descend into the jungles of South America; they will journey by canoe and horseback, train and dogsled, airplane and space shuttle. Readers will experience the exhilarating history of American exploration alongside the men and women who shared a deep drive to discover the unknown. Across two centuries and many thousands of miles of terrain, Amanda Bellows offers an ode to our country's most intrepid adventurers - and reveals the history of America in the process." -- |c Adapted from publisher's description. | ||
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