Ark of Empire is a nonfiction history book written by Dale Van Every. Released in 1964, it is the third part of Every's Frontier People of America series and tells the early settling efforts of the new United States of America.
Notable People Within[]
- George Washington
- Thomas Jefferson
- John Adams
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Publisher's summary[]
A vigorous account of the pivotal post-Revolutionary era of the American Frontier, where the young nation struggled to forge an empire from the wilderness...
Noted historian Dale Van Every continues his monumental history of the American Frontier in this crucial study, describing the perilous crises that threatened the young republic during the period when she struggled to remain one nation instead of becoming many.
In this third volume of his major work, The Frontier People of America , the renowned historian tells how the Indians, allied with the British and Spanish, nearly won the battle for the West; how economic and military instability left the new frontiers dangerously unprotected, and finally, how the vision of leaders such as Washington, Jefferson, and Adams helped forge the government that was to unite a territory as large as Western Europe...
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Chapter 1: A New Nation[]
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