01306cam a2200301 4500 268509110 TxAuBib 20080707120000.0 020219s2002||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780756502102 0756502101 (OCoLC)47764245 DLC DLC KToSCC TxAuBib Burgan, Michael. The Louisiana Purchase / by Michael Burgan ; content adviser, Harry Rubenstein ; social studies adviser, Sherry L. Field ; reading adviser, Linda D. Labbo. Minneapolis, MN : Compass Point, 2002. 48 p. : ill. (mostly col.), maps (some col.), ports. ; 24 cm. We the people Includes bibliographical references and index. Looks at the political and economic history of the region between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains which, when purchased by Jefferson in 1803, doubled the size of the United States and led the way to further expansion. 5-8. 20040413. Louisiana Purchase. United States Territorial expansion. United States History 1783-1809. We the people. TXEDR