Missouri: A History
by Paul C. Nagel
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An interpretation and a review of the triumphs, disappointments, leadership, democratic ideals, and Jeffersonian outlook that have characterized Missouri's history, supplemented by a photographic essay.Tags
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Paul C. Nagel has been a university professor, a college dean, and, for a time, Director of the Virginia Historical Society
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The States and the Nation (Missouri)
Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1977
- People/Characters
- Thomas Hart Benton; Frank Blair, Jr.; Daniel Boone; B. Gratz Brown; Samuel Clemens; Harry S Truman
- Important places
- Missouri, USA; Jefferson City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Mississippi River, USA; Missouri River, USA; St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Dedication
- This book is dedicated to the four generations of my family who from the 1830s helped to build Missouri. I thin especially of my great great grandparents Blank, Groenemann, Kloecker, and Nagel, my great grandfather, Konrad... (show all) Johannes Nagel (1826-1903), my grandfather, Gottlieb Johann Nagel (1869-1953), and my father, Paul Conrad Nagel (1899-1965).
- First words
- Foreword to the Paperback Edition [1988]
Although I left Missouri soon after completing this book twelve years ago, nothing has diminished the affection and respect I have for my native state.
Preface
Any son of Missouri who writes about his state for the States and the Nation Series faces a precarious if not foolhardy adventure.
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- English
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- ISBNs
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