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A Wilderness So Immense: The Louisiana Purchase and the Destiny of America
(Hardcover, 2003)
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Author: Jon Kukla
In this history of the Louisiana Purchase and the key role it played in the growth of America, Kukla...
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0375408126
ISBN-13: 9780375408120
Apr 2003
Publisher: Random House Inc
430 pages
Illustrated
Edition: 1
Language: English |
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Synopsis
In this history of the Louisiana Purchase and the key role it played in the growth of America, Kukla examines the period of French and Spanish conquest, the politics surrounding the controversial purchase, as well as the opportunities that this huge expanse of land provided. Kukla provides a look a the major players, as well as at the pioneers and settlers who were to change this land
| Size | | Length: | 430 pages | | Height: | 9.8 in | | Width: | 6.8 in | | Thickness: | 1.5 in | | Weight: | 26.9 oz |
Industry Reviews
"[E]xuberant....Kukla's vivid fresco shifts from place to place....Myriad digressions threaten to drown the story in a sea of extraneous detail and drain it of its drama. But if Kukla's book is sometimes lacking in focus and deep political insight, his knowledgeable enthusiasm for his subject and the liveliness and breadth of his narrative make up for its shortcomings."
New York Times Book Review - Susan Dunn (04/13/2003)
"[S]urely as exciting and readable a narrative of the Louisianna Purchase as we are likely to get in the foreseeable future."
New Republic - Gordon S. Wood (05/26/2003)
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