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The Louisiana Purchase

by Elizabeth Dana Jaffe

Louisiana PurchaseJuvenile literatureTerritorial expansionLouisiana purchaseUnited states, territorial expansion

Explains the events that led Napoleon Bonaparte to sell the Louisiana Territory and the difficulties that Thomas Jefferson had in making the purchase that doubled the size of the United States.

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Book data: Open Library