This compact volume represents the first attempt to organize excerpts of the Lewis and Clark journals according to topic, rather than chronologically, allowing the lay reader or student to follow a given thematic or topical thread throughout the process of the entire expedition. The first sections portray the two captains and relate their initial organization of the expedition. Subsequent sections deal with the geographic and climatic challenges presented by the crossing of the continent; encounters with Native Americans; and accounts of the natural wonders observed by the explorers. The editor's introduction and epilogue ably place the expedition in its historical context. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Selections from the Journals, Arranged by Topics (Bedford Series in History and Culture)

Meriwether Lewis

William, Clark

Gunther Paul Barth

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

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History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clarke to the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean, Vol. 3 of 3

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Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806: Printed from the Original Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical ... Together with Manuscript Material of Lewi

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History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri, Across the Rocky Mountains, Down the Columbia River to the Pacific in 1804-6; Volume 2

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The Journals of Lewis and Clark are "the first report on the West, on the United States over the hill and beyond the sunset, on the province of the American future” (Bernard DeVoto).
In 1803, the great expanse of the Louisiana Purchase was an empty canvas. Keenly aware that the course of the nation's destiny lay westward—and that a “Voyage of Discovery” would be necessary to determine the nature of the frontier—President Thomas Jefferson commissioned Meriwether Lewis to lead an expedition from the Missouri River to the northern Pacific coast and back. From 1804 to 1806, accompanied by co-captain William Clark, the Shoshone guide Sacajawea, and thirty-two men, Lewis mapped rivers, traced the principal waterways to the sea, and established the American claim to the territories of Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. Together the captains kept this journal: a richly detailed record of the flora and fauna they sighted, the native 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, that has become an incomparable contribution to the literature of exploration and the writing of natural history.

The Journals Of Lewis And Clark (Lewis & Clark Expedition)

Harper-perennial

Journals of Lewis and Clark: A New Selection

History

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The Journals of Lewis and Clark (National Geographic Adventure Classics)

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Following orders from President Thomas Jefferson, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out from their wintering camp in Illinois in 1804 to search for a river passage to the Pacific Ocean. In this riveting account, editor Gary E. Moulton blends the narrative highlights of the Lewis and Clark journals so that the voices of the enlisted men and of Native peoples are heard alongside the words of the captains. All their triumphs and terrors are here—the thrill of seeing the vast herds of bison on the plains; the tensions and admiration in the first meetings with Indian peoples; Lewis's rapture at the stunning beauty of the Great Falls; the fear the captains felt when a devastating illness befell their Shoshone interpreter, Sacagawea; the ordeal of crossing the Continental Divide; the kidnapping and rescuing of Lewis’s dog, Seaman; miserable days of cold and hunger; and Clark's joy at seeing the Pacific. The cultural differences between the corps and Native Americans make for living drama that at times provokes laughter but more often is poignant and, at least once, tragic.

The Lewis and Clark Journals (Abridged Edition): An American Epic of Discovery

Gary E. Moulton

Americas

University Of Nebraska Press

The Journals of Lewis and Clark: A New Selection: Lewis and Clark's Stirring Account of Their Histor

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