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Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West
By Brands, H.W.
- ISBN
- 9781541672529 9781541672536
- Publisher
- Basic
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Reviewed on August 1, 2019 | Social Sciences
Although President Thomas Jefferson did not believe that the Constitution gave him the authority to expand the territory of the United States through the purchase of land, he nonetheless accepted Napoleon's offer to make the Louisiana Purchase for $15 million. Brands (history, Univ. of Texas at Austin; The First American) begins his history of the American West with that momentous decision. He then explores the settlement of the regi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
