Description |
283 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
Note |
Biographies selected from the American national biography. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-274) and index. |
Contents |
Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca -- John Smith -- David Pietersen de Vries -- Francesco Giuseppe Bressani -- Hannah Duston -- Sir Alexander Cuming -- Ann Hennis Trotter Bailey -- Jean Baptiste Point du Sable -- Samuel Mason -- John Ledyard -- Simon Kenton -- George Crowninshield, Jr. -- Anne Newport Royall -- John Colter -- Giacomo Constantino Beltrami -- Marie Dorion -- Frances Wright -- George Catlin -- Samuel Patch -- David Douglas -- John August Sutter -- Jacob Netsvetov -- James Bridger -- Eliza Hart Spalding -- John Wise -- Albert Pike -- Grizzly Adams -- Agoston Haraszthy de Mokcsa -- John Charles Frémont -- Elisha Kent Kane -- Edward Zane -- Carroll Judson -- William Walker -- California Joe -- John Morrissey -- Mary Ann Brown Patten -- Buffalo Jones -- Agnes Elisabeth Winona Leclercq -- Joy Salm-Salm -- Joshua Slocum -- Railroad Bill -- Ishi -- David Fagen -- Belle Livingstone -- Hiram Bingham -- Duncan Hines -- Louise Arner Boyd -- Annette Kellerman -- Duke Paoa Kahanamoku -- Merian Coldwell Cooper -- Hubert F. Julian -- Richard Halliburton. |
Subject |
Adventure and adventurers -- United States -- Biography.
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Adventure and adventurers. |
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United States. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
Explorers -- United States -- Biography.
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Explorers. |
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United States -- Biography.
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Added Author |
Horwitz, Tony, 1958-2019.
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Added Title |
American national biography.
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ISBN |
0195169220 alkaline paper |
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