The Essential Lewis and Clark

Zusatztext “Landon Jones has done an excellent job of picking out what is essential and leaving out the rest. Anyone who wants to know more about how Lewis and Clark...accomplished what they did...should have this book.” Informationen zum Autor Landon Y. Jones is the author of Great Expectations: America and the Baby Boom Generation. He has reported, written, and edited at Life, Time, Money, and People magazines. He is a member of the National Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Council. Klappentext The journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark remain the single most important document in the history of American exploration. Through these tales of adventure, edited and annotated by American Book Award nominee Landon Jones, we meet Indian peoples and see the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and western rivers the way Lewis and Clark first observed them -- majestic, pristine, uncharted, and awe-inspiring. Zusammenfassung This compact volume of the journals of Lewis and Clark, compiled by American Book Award nominee Landon Y. Jones, includes all of the most riveting tales of their adventure—in their own words The journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark remain the single most important document in the history of American exploration. Here is a concise, breathtaking record of Lewis and Clark's legendary journey to the Pacific, written by the two captains—under unspeakable stress and the threat of constant danger—with an immediacy that startles to this day.  Through these tales of adventure we see the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and western rivers the way Lewis and Clark first observed them—majestic, pristine, uncharted, and awe-inspiring. We are in the moccasins of Lewis and Clark as they witness other wonders no European-Americans had ever seen before: new creatures such as antelope, prairie dogs, and, most memorably, grizzly bears. Also included are the explorers’ encounters with Native Americans, featuring the amazing reunion between Sacagawea and her brother, a Shoshone chief who secured the expedition’s safe passage over the Continental Divide. Landon Jones has selected the most memorable journal entries left behind by Lewis and Clark, and then edited and annotated them for all readers—those steeped in lore of the expedition, and newcomers to this unforgettable journey. ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Landon Y Jones, Landon Y. Jones
• Con la collaborazione di: Landon Y. Jones (Editore)
• Editore: Ecco Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 19.03.2002
• EAN: 9780060011598
• ISBN: 978-0-06-001159-8
• Pagine: 224
• Dimensioni: 127 mm x 178 mm x 14 mm
• Serie: Lewis & Clark Expedition
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Viaggi > Reportage di viaggio, racconti di viaggio > Mondo, Artide, Antartide; Memoirs, Local History, United States of America, USA, Geographical discovery and exploration, Travel and holiday, Biography: historical, political and military, US West, US West: Pacific States, Biography: adventurers and explorers, US West: Mountain States, HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: United States / 19th Century, HISTORY: AMERICAN, HISTORY: Expeditions & Discoveries, HISTORY: United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Adventurers & Explorers, TRAVEL: United States / West / Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Memoirs, History / American