The Lewis And Clark Journals An American Epic Of Discovery

Informationen zum Autor Gary E. Moulton is Thomas C. Sorensen Professor of American History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His editing of the Lewis and Clark journals earned him the J. Franklin Jameson Award of the American Historical Association and the Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award from the University of Nebraska. Klappentext In this riveting account, 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. Zusammenfassung 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. This title combines the narrative highlights of the Lewis and Clark journals. It explains their triumphs and terrors.

Product details

• Authors: Et al, Members of the Corps of Discovery, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Members of the Corps
• Assisted by: Gary E. Moulton (Editor), Gary E Moulton (Editor)
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 15.01.2005
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > North and Central America; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9780803280397
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-8039-7
• Pages: 497
• Dimensions (packing): 13.3 x 21 x 3.2 cm
• Subjects: History - U.S.; HISTORY / United States / 19th Century; HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries; TRAVEL / United States / West / General; HISTORY / Indigenous / General