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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... soon be on its way to the 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 ...
... soon be on its way to the 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 ...
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... soon left the wild Georgia backwoods and returned to Albemarle, where he could live with his mother's kin, labor at the studies which the preternaturally grave youngster took with immense seriousness, and—young as he was—keep an alert ...
... soon left the wild Georgia backwoods and returned to Albemarle, where he could live with his mother's kin, labor at the studies which the preternaturally grave youngster took with immense seriousness, and—young as he was—keep an alert ...
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... soon as his carriage is ready, to bring her back to Locust Hill. The carriage is said to have been built for him by skilled slave artisans of his friend, Mr. Jefferson. There is a legend that Meriwether Lewis already knew William Clark ...
... soon as his carriage is ready, to bring her back to Locust Hill. The carriage is said to have been built for him by skilled slave artisans of his friend, Mr. Jefferson. There is a legend that Meriwether Lewis already knew William Clark ...
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... 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 more than diplomatic protests in London to throw ...
... 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 more than diplomatic protests in London to throw ...
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... soon be beyond control. President Washington looked over his list of possible leaders. He remembered most of them—not very favorably. They had served under him in the Revolution, and he had his doubts about them all. It is strange what ...
... soon be beyond control. President Washington looked over his list of possible leaders. He remembered most of them—not very favorably. They had served under him in the Revolution, and he had his doubts about them all. It is strange what ...
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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