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The Journals of Lewis and Clark (Lewis & Clark Expedition)

by: Meriwether Lewis, William Clark

: The Journals of Lewis and Clark (Lewis & Clark Expedition)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.8042
EAN: 9780395859964
ISBN: 0395859964
Label: Mariner Books
Manufacturer: Mariner Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 576
Publication Date: April 30, 1997
Publisher: Mariner Books
Sales Rank: 20356
Studio: Mariner Books



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In 1803, when the United States purchased Louisiana from France, the great expanse of this new American territory was a blank -- not only on the map but in our knowledge. President Thomas Jefferson keenly understood that the course of the nation's destiny lay westward and that a national 'Voyage of Discovery' must be mounted to determine the nature and accessibility of the frontier. He commissioned his young secretary, Meriwether Lewis, to lead an intelligence-gathering expedition from the Missouri River to the northern Pacific coast and back. From 1804 to 1806, Lewis, accompanied by co-captain William Clark, the Shoshone guide Sacajawea, and thirty-two men, made the first trek across the Louisiana Purchase, mapping the rivers as he went, tracing the principal waterways to the sea, and establishing the American claim to the territories of Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. together the captains kept a journal, a richly detailed record of the flora and fauna they sighted, the Indian tribes they encountered, and the awe-inspiring landscape they traversed, from their base camp near present-day St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River. In keeping this record they made an incomparable contribution to the literature of exploration and the writing of natural history. The Journals of Lewis and Clark, writes Bernard DeVoto, was 'the first report on the West, on the United States over the hill and beyond the sunset, on the province of the American future. There has never been another so excellent or so influential...It satisfied desire and created desire: the desire of the westering nation.'



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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - An OK read but slightly boring!
I am not an accomplished reader so it has to really hold my attention to finish a book. This book ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Fascinating Story, Can't Stop Talking, Use Google Earth!
I read books in a wide variety of topics. I decided to read about Lewis and Clark because I felt I ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Excellent!
I would use one word to characterize this work: Timeless. To relive the great expedition through ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - 28 months to the sea and back
This work has been edited for the general reader. Many entries have been considerably shortened in ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - I can scarcely express how much I love these journals.
I recently took a college class about the hidden history of the West--and it was a great class, one ... Read More

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