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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... 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 how that might be adjusted. During all the long ...
... 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 how that might be adjusted. During all the long ...
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... Louis and St. Genevieve. Though his son later asserted that Armstrong paddled a canoe some hundreds of miles up the Missouri, Armstrong's own report shows that all he did was collect geographical notes and copy a map, after which he ...
... Louis and St. Genevieve. Though his son later asserted that Armstrong paddled a canoe some hundreds of miles up the Missouri, Armstrong's own report shows that all he did was collect geographical notes and copy a map, after which he ...
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... Louis. To him, Lewis carried a letter. Mr. Jefferson could not “omit the satisfaction of writing to you by Capt Lewis, an officer in our army, & for some time past my Secretary. As our former acquaintance was a mixt one of science and ...
... Louis. To him, Lewis carried a letter. Mr. Jefferson could not “omit the satisfaction of writing to you by Capt Lewis, an officer in our army, & for some time past my Secretary. As our former acquaintance was a mixt one of science and ...
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... Louis Lorimier, an Indian trader who, during the Revolution, had helped the Shawnees to capture Daniel Boone. Ever a man with an eye for the ladies, Lewis was quick to note that the Shawnee Mme. Lorimier had been “very handsome when ...
... Louis Lorimier, an Indian trader who, during the Revolution, had helped the Shawnees to capture Daniel Boone. Ever a man with an eye for the ladies, Lewis was quick to note that the Shawnee Mme. Lorimier had been “very handsome when ...
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... Louis. Clark set up a base camp at Rivière du Bois, on the American bank of the Mississippi, since there had not yet been a formal transfer of Upper Louisiana and the Spaniards still controlled the west bank. This left Lewis free to ...
... Louis. Clark set up a base camp at Rivière du Bois, on the American bank of the Mississippi, since there had not yet been a formal transfer of Upper Louisiana and the Spaniards still controlled the west bank. This left Lewis free to ...
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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