America: The Lewis & Clark Expedition and the Dawn of a New Power

by Denis Vaugeois

"We the people of the United States"-so began the American Constitution of 1787. Within a few years, this young country, made up mainly of eastern seaboard states, suddenly became part of a continent. A century later, its citizens would see themselves as defining the entire continent: "We are America." All this did not come about solely because of Lewis and Clark, or even Thomas Jefferson who commissioned the expedition-but it began with them.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550651722
• ISBN13: 9781550651720
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Vehicule Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 9.0"