Zebulon Pike, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West

Book Overview

In life and in death, fame and glory eluded Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1779-1813). The ambitious young military officer and explorer, best known for a mountain peak that he neither scaled nor named, was destined to live in the shadows of more famous contemporaries-explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. This collection of thought-provoking essays rescues Pike from his undeserved obscurity. It does so by providing a nuanced assessment of Pike...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806169109
• ISBN13: 9780806169101
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"