One of the foremost historians of Lewis and Clark, Ronda grounds
"Finding the West" in the insights and reflections he has gleaned
from some twenty years of research and writing about this pivotal
era. But above all else, Rondaas book is centered on stories and
storytellers. As he writes: aThis is a book about many
storytellers. Their words are French-Canadian, Shoshone, New
Hampshire English, Hidatsa, and Chinookan.a Ronda documents not
only the stories that Meriwether Lewis and William Clark offered
about their aroad across the continent, a but also the large and
important stories by and about the native peoples whose trails they
followed and whose lands they described in their journals and
reports and on their maps.
The beginning of the nineteenth century represents a time when
America passed into a headlong rush for empire and when athe Westa
loomed large as a dream for some and a nightmare for others, an era
that irrevocably shaped the new American nation in the two hundred
years that followed. Whoever the storyteller in the aftermath of
that encounteranative or newcomerathe stories all soon revolved
around a common theme: the coming of the winds of change.
Rondaas masterful interpretation of the young Republicas
fascination with the West is written with grace, narrative sweep,
and a conviction that history should, above all else, engage and
inform us.
aThis is a really outstanding, important work.aaProfessor John
L. Allen, University of Wyoming
General
| Imprint: |
University of New Mexico Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
February 2006 |
| First published: |
February 2006 |
| Authors: |
James P Ronda
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| Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
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| Pages: |
138 |
| Edition: |
New Ed |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8263-2418-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
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| LSN: |
0-8263-2418-5 |
| Barcode: |
9780826324184 |
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