{"product_id":"the-course-of-empire-used-good","title":"THE COURSE OF EMPIRE -USED GOOD","description":"\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"2,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"7\"\u003eThe Course of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernard DeVoto\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Houghton Mifflin Company (Boston)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,3,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePrinting Press:\u003c\/b\u003e The Riverside Press (Cambridge, MA)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,4,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCopyright\/Publication Year:\u003c\/b\u003e 1952\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,5,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCartography:\u003c\/b\u003e Features highly detailed, essential historical maps by Erwin Raisz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eHistorical Significance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003eBernard DeVoto was an absolute titan of mid-century Western history. This book won the \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"87\"\u003eNational Book Award for Nonfiction in 1953\u003c\/b\u003e and serves as the crowning climax to his monumental \"Trilogy of the West\" (the other two being \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"225\"\u003eThe Year of Decision: 1846\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"256\"\u003eAcross the Wide Missouri\u003c\/i\u003e, which you already encountered).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eThe Course of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e covers three centuries of North American exploration, tracing how European powers and early Americans struggled to comprehend the vast geography of the continent, concluding with the triumph of the Lewis and Clark expedition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eThe cloth binding is structured and square, and the gilt on the spine remains reasonably bright and legible. There is minor, standard rubbing to the cloth at the outer corners and the extremities of the spine (the head and foot), which is typical for a book of this age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kicks Mix Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47749073633443,"sku":null,"price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/6831\/6835\/files\/20260606_111950.jpg?v=1780855013","url":"https:\/\/kicksmixbooks.store\/products\/the-course-of-empire-used-good","provider":"Kicks Mix Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}