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The Definitive Journals of Lewis and Clark. From Fort Mandan to Three Forks. From Fort Mandan to Three Forks
Lewis, Meriwether; Clark, William. Ed(S): Moulton, Gary E.
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Paperback. Recounts their travels through country never before explored by white people. With new personnel including the Shoshone Indian woman Sacagawea, her husband Toussaint Charbonneau, and their baby, nicknamed Pomp, the party spent the rest of the spring and early summer toiling up the Missouri. Editor(s): Moulton, Gary E. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; BG; BJ; GBCS; HBJK; HBLL; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 636.
Since the time of Columbus, explorers dreamed of a water passage across the North American continent. President Thomas Jefferson shared this dream. He conceived the Corps of Discovery to travel up the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains and westward along possible river routes to the Pacific Ocean. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led this expedition of 1804–6. Along the way they filled hundreds of notebook pages with observations of the geography, Indian tribes, and natural history of the trans-Mississippi West.
Since the time of Columbus, explorers dreamed of a water passage across the North American continent. President Thomas Jefferson shared this dream. He conceived the Corps of Discovery to travel up the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains and westward along possible river routes to the Pacific Ocean. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led this expedition of 1804–6. Along the way they filled hundreds of notebook pages with observations of the geography, Indian tribes, and natural history of the trans-Mississippi West.
In April 1805 Lewis and Clark and their party set out from Fort Mandan following the Missouri River westward. ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803280113
SKU
V9780803280113
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About Lewis, Meriwether; Clark, William. Ed(S): Moulton, Gary E.
Gary E. Moulton is Thomas C. Sorensen Professor of American History at the University of Nebraska and recipient of the J. Franklin Jameson Award of the American Historical Association for the editing of these journals.
Reviews for The Definitive Journals of Lewis and Clark. From Fort Mandan to Three Forks. From Fort Mandan to Three Forks
"The University of Nebraska Press has become the pre-eminent publisher of Lewis and Clark titles, including what is now considered the definitive edition of the journals edited by Nebraska history professor Gary Moulton."—John Marshall, Seattle Post-Intelligencer "For almost two hundred years [Lewis and Clark's] strong words waited, there but not there, printed but not read: our silent epic. But words ... Read more