American Confluence: The Missouri Frontier from Borderland to Border State

by Stephen Aron

Book Overview

In the heart of North America, the Missouri, Ohio, and Mississippi rivers come together, uniting waters from west, north, and east on a journey to the south. This is the region that Stephen Aron calls the American Confluence. Aron's innovative book examines the history of that region--a home to the Osage, a colony exploited by the French, a new frontier explored by Lewis and Clark--and focuses on the region's transition from a place of overlapping...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253200113
• ISBN13: 9780253200112
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"