John Logan Allen
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John L. Allen is a former chairman of the Department of Geography and emeritus professor of geography at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. His publications, numbering more than thirty titles to date, reflect his broadly varied interests, including the exploration of the American West, human impacts on natural environments and related landscape changes, and images of the West. Among students of the Lewis and Clark expedition, Professor Allen’s best-known work is Lewis and Clark and the Image of the American Northwest (reprint, New York: Dover, 1975). Originally published under the title Passage through the Garden: Lewis and Clark and the Image of the American Northwest, it remains among the most authoritative and frequently-referenced works in the literature.-Discover Lewis&Clark
Books
Lewis and Clark
Recounts the story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore the uncharted western wilderness, placing it in its historical context.
North American exploration
The three volumes that will encompass North American Exploration appraise the full scope of the exploration of the North American continent and its oceanic margins from prior to the arrival of Columbus until the end of the nineteenth century. More than an assessment of historical events, these volumes portray the process of exploration. Without forgetting the romance of exploration, the authors recognize that exploration is a great deal more than the adventures themselves. All explorers are conditioned by the time, place, and circumstances of their efforts; these determine objectives, the behavior of explorers, and the consequences of their discoveries. In this first volume we follow the expansion of knowledge from the world of the pre-Columbian explorers through the end of the sixteenth century, with each topic addressed by an expert, and all fitting into a coherent whole. The volume is enhanced by a discussion of the geographical knowledge and beliefs of the native peoples of the North American continent, and how this knowledge influenced the efforts and understanding of the Europeans.
Jedediah Smith and the mountain men of the American West
Chronicles the exploits of the mountain men who opened many trails and passages through the American West in the early nineteenth century.