Zebulon Pike, Thomas Jefferson, and the opening of the American West / edited by Matthew L. Harris and Jay H. Buckley.

Contributor Harris, Matthew L.

Imprint:Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2012.

Descriptionx, 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note:Introduction: Zebulon Montgomery Pike in American memory / Matthew L. Harris -- Pike as a forgotten and misunderstood explorer / Jay H. Buckley -- Pike and empire / James P. Ronda -- Pike and American science / John Logan Allen -- Jeffersonian explorers in the Trans-Mississippi West: Zebulon Pike in perspective / Jay H. Buckley -- An empire and ecology of liberty / Jared Orsi -- Enemies and friends: Pike and Melgares in the competition for the Great Plains / Leo E. Oliva -- James Wilkinson: Pike's mentor and Jefferson's capricious point man in the West / William E. Foley.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-234) and index.

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