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Title Citizen explorer : the life of Zebulon Pike / Jared Orsi.
Author Orsi, Jared, 1970-
Publication Info. Oxford ; 2014.
New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  B PIKE    Check Shelves
Description xii, 379 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-358) and index.
Summary Looks at the life of the soldier and explorer for whom Pike's Peak is named, describing his amazing expeditions through areas that would become modern-day Mississippi, Minnesota, and Arkansas before being captured by the Spanish.
Subject Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813.
Explorers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration -- Biography.
West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848 -- Biography.
United States -- Territorial expansion -- History -- 19th century -- Biography.
ISBN 0199768722 : $29.95
9780199768721