What’s the Deal?: Jefferson, Napoleon and the Louisiana Purchase
By Rhoda Blumberg
Publisher
National Geographic
Imprint
National Geographic
ISBN
By Rhoda Blumberg
0792270134
What’s the Deal?: Jefferson, Napoleon and the Louisiana Purchase
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SKU
9780792270133J
Thomas Jefferson knew that if our infant country were to be truly independent, it must control the Mississippi River via Louisiana. The territory then belonged to Spain, but was coveted by the Emperor Napolean as France’s foothold in the New World. Here is a fascinating behind-the-scenes view of the power struggle that resulted in out country’s westward expansion. Dozens of prints. Maps. Bibliography. Time line. Index.
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