Orsi, Jared,  1970- <br/><br/>
Citizen explorer :  the life of Zebulon Pike / 
Jared Orsi. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : In the bosom of a grateful country --  The happiness of a free and independent people : a family and a nation seek liberty, 1635-1794 --  Be always ready to die for your country : the bargain of independence, 1794-1805 --  A barrier to their trade : establishing Americans in the Upper Mississippi Country, 1805-1806 --  Young warriors of the great American father : crossing the Plains, July-November 1806 --  Frozen lads : into the Rockies, November 1806-February 1807 --  A comfortable captivity : learning nationalism abroad in New Spain, February-July 1807 --  Citizen soldier : Pike's and the nation, 1807-1813 --  Epilogue : from frozen lads to purple mountain majesties : Pike's West and American nationalism, 1813-1893. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199314546 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Explorers--West (U.S.)--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F592  / .C585 2013