Westward the course of empire : four lectures on America's westward frontier
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Type of record: Book
Title: Westward the course of empire : four lectures on America's westward frontier
Classmark: Leeds Phil. and Lit. A/COL
Additional creator(s): Postlethwaite, William Wallace (Other); Hulbert, Dorothy Printup (Other); Anderson, George LaVerne (1905-) (Other); Malone, Carroll Brown (1886-) (Other)
Related people: Palmer, William Jackson, 1836-1909; Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847; Gray, Robert, 1755-1806; Postlethwaite, William Wallace; Hulbert, Dorothy Printup; Anderson, George LaVerne; Malone, Carroll Brown
Publisher: Colorado College
Publication city: Colorado Springs, Col
Date(s): 1938
Language: English
Size and medium: 88 p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/243083
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991014162749705181
Collection group(s): Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society
Description
"These lectures were given as part of the celebration in honor of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of General William Jackson Palmer, on four Thursday evenings in April, 1937."--Foreword.
Includes bibliographical notes.
Contents: - The white man comes; Indians and Spaniards in the Southwest / by William Wallace Postlethwaite. - He penetrates the Northwest; Marcus Whitman in the Oregon country / by Dorothy Printup Herbert. - He conquers the Rockies; General Palmer, an empire builder / by George La Verne Anderson. - He sails beyond the West; Captain Gray and American expansion on the Pacific / by Carroll B. Malone.
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