Lewis and Clark: Partners in DiscoveryThis is the first authoritative biography of the two great explorers charged by President Thomas Jefferson with exploring the lands beyond the headwaters of the Mississippi in 1803. In writing the work, Dr. Bakeless, noted American historian, drew on his own exhaustive field research as well as a wealth of original documents, including diaries kept by expedition members. These recorded not only the bold outlines of the trip with its Indian fights and other perils, but also such fascinating details as the number of buffaloes eaten, grizzly bears fought, the variety of plants and seeds collected, and the customs and lore of the Indian tribes. The expedition was planned with military precision down to the last grain of powder, but in the final analysis it was the courage and resourcefulness of the two leaders that kept the party together for three years. Their perseverance and “horse sense” in the face of incredible obstacles and hardships was largely responsible for the success of the undertaking, which in turn buttressed Jefferson’s vision of a United States stretching beyond the Continental Divide to the shores of the Pacific. Clear and well written, Dr. Bakeless’ book contains an immense amount of material unknown before its original publication, and the whole work is informed with the author’s fresh insights and keen perceptions. It will be welcomed by historians and students of American history but it will also be read with great enjoyment by anyone interested in the two remarkable men who led one of the most important and influential expeditions in the annals of exploration. |
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... America by diverting it down the Missouri to St. Louis. To be sure, the Missouri River was not American—not yet; and neither was St. Louis or any of the other territory that he wanted to explore. But Mr. Jefferson had ideas of his own ...
... America by diverting it down the Missouri to St. Louis. To be sure, the Missouri River was not American—not yet; and neither was St. Louis or any of the other territory that he wanted to explore. But Mr. Jefferson had ideas of his own ...
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... American Minister at the court of the great Napoleon, who had already compelled Spain to return Louisiana to France. The Mississippi Valley was vital to the future of America. Would the Emperor of the French sell part of Louisiana? If ...
... American Minister at the court of the great Napoleon, who had already compelled Spain to return Louisiana to France. The Mississippi Valley was vital to the future of America. Would the Emperor of the French sell part of Louisiana? If ...
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... Americans anywhere upon the great river that he hoped soon to make exclusively his own. The British remained blandly in the frontier forts of the American Northwest that they had promised, under the treaty of peace, to evacuate. It took ...
... Americans anywhere upon the great river that he hoped soon to make exclusively his own. The British remained blandly in the frontier forts of the American Northwest that they had promised, under the treaty of peace, to evacuate. It took ...
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... American at war. Previous defeats had been due to the use of half-trained troops. Wayne drilled his men endlessly ... Americans had been repeatedly surprised. Wayne agreed with his opponent, Chief Little Turtle, that “a good general is ...
... American at war. Previous defeats had been due to the use of half-trained troops. Wayne drilled his men endlessly ... Americans had been repeatedly surprised. Wayne agreed with his opponent, Chief Little Turtle, that “a good general is ...
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... American interests were always in conflict. They were further disturbed by the illicit efforts of the too-enterprising French Minister in Washington, the notorious Citizen Genet, who was trying to organize against the Spaniards a French ...
... American interests were always in conflict. They were further disturbed by the illicit efforts of the too-enterprising French Minister in Washington, the notorious Citizen Genet, who was trying to organize against the Spaniards a French ...
Contents
The Corps of Discovery starts | |
A winters tale Fort Mandan | |
Aboriginal amours | |
The next | |
Grizzly bears and rattlesnakes | |
At the Great Falls | |
The search for the Shoshones | |
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