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"By examining the life and career of William Clark, this book explores how the North American West entered the American imagination. Clark was among the most important western officials of his generation, and he worked to represent the West during a period of tremendous uncertainty and change. Without ever calling himself a writer or an artist, Clark nonetheless drew maps, helped to produce books, drafted lengthy reports, surveyed the landscape, and wrote numerous journals that made sense of the West and its future for Americans who were fascinated by the region's potential but also fearful of its dangers. William Clark's World situates the descriptive words and pictures created by Clark and his contemporaries at the center of a discussion of western history and cultural development ... " -- dust jacket

Contents 8
A Note on Terms 10
Introduction 12
Prologue 24
Part I: A World Encountered 36
ONE: A Western Future 38
TWO: Three Treaties, One Nation 70
THREE: Expansion 86
Part II: A World Explored 110
FOUR: Explorers 112
FIVE: Careers 137
SIX: Books 171
Part III: A World Transformed 202
SEVEN: Return to the West 204
EIGHT: Moving the Far West 227
CONCLUSION: A Western History 262
Notes 276
Bibliography 318
Acknowledgments 345
Index 350
A 350
B 350
C 350
D 351
E 351
F 352
G 352
H 352
I 352
J 352
K 353
L 353
M 353
N 354
O 354
P 354
R 354
S 354
T 354
U 355
W 355
Y 355

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