The Southwestern Journals of Zebulon Pike, 1806-1807

by Stephen Harding Hart (Editor), Archer Butler Hulbert (Editor), Gardner L. Mark (Introduction)

Overview

This valuable and long-out-of-print edition of Pike's Southwestern journals is being reissued on the bicentennial of the journey with a new Introduction by historian Mark L. Gardner.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826333902
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	04/16/2007
Pages:	286
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Stephen Harding Hart was a prominent Denver attorney and longtime president of the Colorado Historical Society.

Archer Butler Hulbert was a professor of history at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, and author of Forty-Niners: The Chronicle of the California Trail.

Mark L. Gardner is a professional historian who lives in Cascade, Colorado. He is the author of Wagons for the Santa Fe Trade: Wheeled Vehicles and Their Makers, 1822-1880.

Table of Contents

Introduction   Mark L. Gardner     1
Zebulon M. Pike: His Life and Papers   Stephen Harding Hart     13
The Purpose of Pike's Expedition   Archer B. Hulbert     31
Journal of a Voyage to the Sources of the Arkansaw Etc.$dInstructions to Lieutenant Pike     57
Journal of a Voyage$dZebulon Montgomery Pike     63
Diary of a Tour, Made through the Interior Provinces of New Spain, in the Year 1807, by Captain Z. M. Pike, of the Army of the United States, When under an Escort of Spanish Dragoons     189
Notes     241
Index     271

Editorial Reviews

"This bicentennial year is a perfect time to read about Pike's adventures, and Pike's own words on the pages of this book make the journey come alive."

"This is a fascinating book and the University of New Mexico Press is to be commended for returning it to print."

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