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  1. The Magnificent Adventure
    Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman
    Author: Hough, Emerson
    Published: 1916
    Publisher:  The Floating Press, Auckland

    Eccentric pioneer lawyer Emerson Hough made his literary mark as a writer of classic Western tales, but some of his most critically acclaimed works are fictionalized accounts of key events in American history. The Magnificent Adventure focuses on... more

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    Eccentric pioneer lawyer Emerson Hough made his literary mark as a writer of classic Western tales, but some of his most critically acclaimed works are fictionalized accounts of key events in American history. The Magnificent Adventure focuses on explorers such as Lewis and Clark and the chain of events that eventually led up to the Louisiana Purchase. Readers who like a stiff dose of adventure and romance with their historical fiction will be gratified with this selection

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781776518784; 9781775453185
    Subjects: Lewis, Meriwether ; 1774-1809 ; Fiction; Lewis and Clark Expedition ; (1804-1806) ; Fiction; Discoveries in geography ; Fiction; Explorers ; Fiction; West (U.S.) ; History ; To 1848 ; Fiction; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (373 p.)
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    THE MAGNIFICENT ADVENTURE; Contents; PART I; Chapter I - Mother and Son; Chapter II - Meriwether and Theodosia; Chapter III - Mr. Burr and Mr. Merry; Chapter IV - President and Secretary; Chapter V - The Pell-Mell and Some Consequences; Chapter VI - The Great Conspiracy; Chapter VII - Colonel Burr and His Daughter; Chapter VIII - The Parting; Chapter IX - Mr. Thomas Jefferson; Chapter X - The Threshold of the West; Chapter XI - The Taming of Patrick Gass; Chapter XII - Captain William Clark; Chapter XIII - Under Three Flags; Chapter XIV - The Rent in the Armor; PART II

    Chapter I - Under One FlagChapter II - The Mysterious Letter; Chapter III - The Day's Work; Chapter IV - The Crossroads of the West; Chapter V - The Appeal; Chapter VI - Which Way?; Chapter VII - The Mountains; Chapter VIII - Trail's End; Chapter IX - The Summons; Chapter X - The Abyss; Chapter XI - The Bee; Chapter XII - What Voice Had Called?; Chapter XIII - The News; Chapter XIV - The Guests of a Nation; Chapter XV - Mr. Jefferson's Advice; Chapter XVI - The Quality of Mercy; Chapter XVII - The Friends; Chapter XVIII - The Wilderness; Chapter XIX - Down to the Sea; Endnotes;