The achieved West had given the United States something that no people had ever had before, an internal, domestic empire.

Bernard De Voto

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Topic

American West

Author

Bernard De Voto

Source

The Year of Decision, 1846

Genre

Historical literature Travel writing

Language

English

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Historian Writer

From

United States

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Citation

De Voto, Bernard. The Year of Decision: 1846. Little, Brown and Company, 1943, ch. 17.

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Time
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Citation

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