Missouri - A Bicentennial History

 In the era of overland traders and steamboat pilots, of Thomas Hart Benton and Mark Twain, life in Missouri was strongly flavored by the Jeffersonian spirit, expressed in a suspicion of large cities, a belief that mankind flourished best in a rural setting, and a faith in the free individual as the guardian of liberty.

Info autore

Paul C. Nagel is a historian, writer, lecturer, and educator. The Society of Midland Authors named Missouri: A Bicentennial History the best history book published in 1977.

Riassunto

Missourians could hardly have made a more appropriate decision than to name their capital city after Thomas Jefferson. A meeting-place of major rivers, Missouri became a gateway to the promised land--the beckoning West opened up to Americans by Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Paul C. Nagel, Nagel Paul C.
• Editore: W. W. Norton & Company
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 08.02.2008
• EAN: 9780393333855
• ISBN: 978-0-393-33385-5
• Serie: States and the Nation; States and the Nation
• Categorie: Narrativa; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Literature & literary studies, Biography, Literature and Literary studies