The achieved West had given the United States something that no people had ever had before, an internal, domestic empire.

Bernard De Voto

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American West

Author

Bernard De Voto

Source

The Year of Decision, 1846

Genre

Historical literature Travel writing

Language

English

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Historian Writer

From

United States

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Citation

De Voto, Bernard. The Year of Decision: 1846. Little, Brown and Company, 1943, ch. 17.

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