Category: History: U.S.: L&C

Copyright/published Year: 2003 by Bison Books (Univ Ne

ISBN: 0803280394

Binding: trade pap

Description:
Following orders from President Thomas Jefferson, Captains ì Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out from their wintering ì camp in Illinois in 1804 to search for a river passage to the ì Pacific Ocean. In this riveting account, editor Gary E. Moulton ì blends the narrative highlights of the Lewis and Clark journals ì so that the voices of the enlisted men and of Native peoples are ì heard along.side the words of the captains.

All their triumphs and terrors are here-the thrill of seeing ì the vast herds of bison on the plains; the tensions and ì admiration in the first meetings with Indian peoples; Lewis's ì rapture at the stunning beauty of the Great Falls; the fear the ì captains felt when a devastating illness befell their Shoshone ì interpreter, Sacagawea; the ordeal of crossing the Continental ì Divide; the kidnapping and rescuing of Lewis's dog, Seaman; ì miserable days of cold and hunger; and Clark's joy at seeing the ì Pacific. The cultural differences between the corps and Native ì Americans make for living drama that at times provokes laughter ì but more often is poignant and, at least once, tragic.

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