‘The Louisiana Purchase’ details the forefront of a mighty empire

Published July 26, 2026 5:00am ET



In this semiquincentennial year, 1776 is on many Americans’ minds. But in The Louisiana Purchase: The Grand Bargain and the Making of America, Louisiana State University Shreveport professor Alexander Mikaberidze turns our attention to another epochal year in the early republic: 1803.

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