William Claiborne
Joseph T. Hatfield
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William Claiborne

Jeffersonian Centurion in the American Southwest

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A study of William Claiborne's eventful career is infinitely more than the mere chronicle of a regional leader. It is a study of emerging federalism and evolving governmental relationships. While taking broader cognizance of the dynamic development of the nation, it follows more specifically the westward trek of ambitious men who conquered and transformed the primitive and often explosive "Old Southwest." It is a narrative of western settlement and refinement, the acquisition of the vast Louisiana Territory, Spanish-American boundary tensions bordering on war, the infamous Burr conspiracy, the...