01936cam a2200361 i 4500 1297934162 TxAuBib 20240604120000.0 240317s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023054991 9780063227408 hardcover 0063227401 hardcover (OCoLC)1428141540 TxAuBib rda Bellows, Amanda Brickell, author. The explorers : a new history of America in ten expeditions / Amanda Bellows. First edition. New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] 384 pages : map ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Sacagawea: the navigator -- James Beckwourth: the mountain man -- Laura Ingalls Wilder: the homesteader -- John Muir: the preservationist -- Florence Merriam Bailey: the conservationist -- William Sheppard: the missionary -- Harriet Chalmers Adams: the geographer -- Matthew Henson: the Arctic explorer -- Amelia Earhart: the aviator -- Sally Ride: the astronaut -- The future of American exploration. "A ... history of America told through the stories of a diverse cast of ten extraordinary--and often overlooked--adventurers, from Sacagawea to Sally Ride, who pushed the boundaries of discovery and determined our national destiny"-- Provided by publisher. 20240604. Adventure and adventurers Biography United States. Women adventurers United States Biography. Explorers Biography United States. Women explorers United States Biography. United States Discovery and exploration. Biographies. rvmgf