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Citizen Explorer: The Life Of Zebulon Pike, Barton Barbour
Citizen Explorer: The Life Of Zebulon Pike, Barton Barbour
Barton H. Barbour
Biographers of Zebulon Montgomery Pike face challenges. Pike’s expeditionary career compares unfavorably with Lewis and Clark’s, his association with Aaron Burr and General James Wilkinson’s conspiracy tarnished his reputation, Pike died before he cleared his name, and most of Pike’s personal papers were lost through willful destruction and accidental fires, leaving permanent gaps in the record.