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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... Secretary chapter 2: The Clarks and the Lewises chapter 3: Lieutenant Clark fights Indians chapter 4: Lieutenant Clark and General Wayne chapter 5: Tipple tax war: the Whisky Rebellion chapter 6: Mr. Jefferson and his Secretary chapter ...
... Secretary chapter 2: The Clarks and the Lewises chapter 3: Lieutenant Clark fights Indians chapter 4: Lieutenant Clark and General Wayne chapter 5: Tipple tax war: the Whisky Rebellion chapter 6: Mr. Jefferson and his Secretary chapter ...
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... Lewis Tragedy in Tennessee His Excellency, Governor Clark More undiscovered country Acknowledgments Notes Index A CATALOG OF SELECTED DOVER BOOKS IN ALL FIELDS OF INTEREST chapter 1: Mr. Jefferson needs a Secretary SO CLOSE had.
... Lewis Tragedy in Tennessee His Excellency, Governor Clark More undiscovered country Acknowledgments Notes Index A CATALOG OF SELECTED DOVER BOOKS IN ALL FIELDS OF INTEREST chapter 1: Mr. Jefferson needs a Secretary SO CLOSE had.
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Partners in Discovery John Bakeless. chapter. 1: Mr. Jefferson. needs. a. Secretary. SO CLOSE had the election been that it looked for a time as if there would be no President at all in March of 1801. The decision had to be made by ...
Partners in Discovery John Bakeless. chapter. 1: Mr. Jefferson. needs. a. Secretary. SO CLOSE had the election been that it looked for a time as if there would be no President at all in March of 1801. The decision had to be made by ...
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... secretary, whom he could trust implicitly. Mr. Jefferson was from Albemarle County in Virginia. His thoughts kept turning to a fair-haired, blue-eyed Albemarle County youngster, just past his middle twenties, from a plantation on Ivy ...
... secretary, whom he could trust implicitly. Mr. Jefferson was from Albemarle County in Virginia. His thoughts kept turning to a fair-haired, blue-eyed Albemarle County youngster, just past his middle twenties, from a plantation on Ivy ...
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... secretary was going to have duties—some very special duties—in the next year or two, though Mr. Jefferson was not yet ready to admit all that he was planning. Perhaps it was not all quite clear yet, even to himself. For the last twenty ...
... secretary was going to have duties—some very special duties—in the next year or two, though Mr. Jefferson was not yet ready to admit all that he was planning. Perhaps it was not all quite clear yet, even to himself. For the last twenty ...
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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