TY - BOOK AU - Gray,Edward G. TI - The Making of John Ledyard: Empire and Ambition in the Life of an Early American Traveler SN - 9780300137811 AV - G226.L5G73 2007 U1 - B PY - 2007/// CY - New Haven PB - Yale University Press KW - Ledyard, John, -- 1751-1789 KW - Ledyard, John, -- 1751-1789 -- Travel KW - Ledyard, John, -- 1751-1789 -- Friends and associates KW - Explorers -- United States -- Biography KW - Travelers -- United States -- Biography KW - Voyages and travels -- History -- 18th century KW - United States -- Description and travel KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Quotations -- Introduction -- I A Colonial Childhood -- II On Stage at Dartmouth College -- III Serving Captain Cook with Honor -- IV Seeking Distinction with the Pen Aboard the Resolution -- V Following the Revolution Home -- VI From Author to Fur Trader -- VII Becoming a Traveler in Thomas Jefferson's Paris -- VIII Across the Russian Empire -- IX Despotism and Human Nature in Catherine II's Russia -- X To Africa -- Epilogue: Memories of the Traveler -- Notes -- Index N2 - No detailed description available for "The Making of John Ledyard" UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3420256 ER -