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Although he did not travel farther inland than the slopes of the Appalachians, Thomas Jefferson must take his place alongside Zebulon Pike, Kit Carson, Jim Bridger, and Lewis and Clark--the men who blazed the great western trails. Donald Jackson cogently recounts Jefferson’s fundamental role in promoting and shaping the exploration, settlement, and development of the Trans-Mississippi West.
Donald C. Jackson is Professor of History at Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, and is the author of Great American Bridges and Dams.
James P. Ronda, who wrote the Foreword, is H. G. Barnard Chair of Western American History at the University of Tulsa. He is the author of Finding the West: Explorations with Lewis and Clark.
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This review is from: Thomas Jefferson and the Rocky Mountains: Exploring the West from Monticello (Paperback)
This was a very interesting account of how Thomas Jefferson conducted the Lewis and Clark Expedition without crossing over to the frontier. The author also provides an account of how Jefferson's early years were spent listening to his cartographer father and friends. Excellent read.
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