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(0)Meriwether Lewis
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
In 1803, when the United States purchased Louisiana from France, the great expanse of this new American territory was a blank - not only on the map but in our knowledge. President Thomas Jefferson keenly understood that the course of the nation's destiny lay westward and that a national "Voyage of Discovery" must be mounted to determine the nature and accessibility of the frontier. He commissioned his young secretary, Meriwether Lewis, to lead an...
Author
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"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 by American Book Award nominee Landon Jones, 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. Landon Jones has selected the most memorable journal entries left behind...
