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What's the deal? : Jefferson, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase
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- Summary
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Discusses the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and the political maneuverings of Napoleon and Jefferson that made it possible.
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- Creator
- by Rhoda Blumberg
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, [1998]
- ©1998
- Physical Details
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- 144 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780792270133, 0792270134
- OCLC
- ocm38042825
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-139) and index.
- Napoleon eyes North America -- Spanish Louisiana -- American settlers -- A French conspiracy -- Avoiding war -- A tyrant's treaty -- The "Black Napoleon" -- Jefferson's minister to France -- A national crisis -- Napoleon changes his mind -- The Louisiana Purchase -- Jefferson's "Empire of liberty" -- America's Louisiana Territory
Subjects
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Influence -- Juvenile literature.
- Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes -- Juvenile literature.
- Louisiana Purchase -- Juvenile literature.
- Louisiana Purchase.
Children's Subject Heading
- France -- Foreign relations -- 1792-1815 -- Juvenile literature.
- France -- Colonies -- America -- Juvenile literature.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1783-1815 -- Juvenile literature.
- France -- Foreign relations -- 1792-1815.
Children's Subject Heading
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1783-1815.
Children's Subject Heading