Persistent Mirage : how the 'Great American Desert' buries Great Plains Indian environmental history

<p>In the winter of 1819 the United States shook under the first Great Depression, and on the Missouri River a great military/scientific enterprise sent to secure Missouri Territory shivered and died from cholera and scurvy. In 1820 Maj. Stephen Long and a poorly equipped expedition of twenty-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gow, John Harley
Other Authors: Zellar, Gary
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Saskatchewan 2011
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Online Access:http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-09092011-140507/