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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... wrote a fair hand, but, despite his enthusiasm for education, his grammar was dubious, and nothing on earth would ever teach him to spell. Most people would have said that a worse private secretary for the President of the United States ...
... wrote a fair hand, but, despite his enthusiasm for education, his grammar was dubious, and nothing on earth would ever teach him to spell. Most people would have said that a worse private secretary for the President of the United States ...
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... wrote most of his letters himself and, ever a lover of mechanical devices, did his own copying quickly and easily with a letter-press—in a day when most officials were still having duplicates for filing laboriously copied out by hand ...
... wrote most of his letters himself and, ever a lover of mechanical devices, did his own copying quickly and easily with a letter-press—in a day when most officials were still having duplicates for filing laboriously copied out by hand ...
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... wrote, he would require a private secretary. The Albemarle philosopher was happy to offer the post to his young friend from Ivy Creek; and he was careful to word his offer so that, although Lewis—remembering the expedition of 1792, for ...
... wrote, he would require a private secretary. The Albemarle philosopher was happy to offer the post to his young friend from Ivy Creek; and he was careful to word his offer so that, although Lewis—remembering the expedition of 1792, for ...
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... wrote. Knowing that money was none too plentiful at the Lewis plantation on Ivy Creek, Mr. Jefferson tactfully pointed out that this arrangement would save the expense of food and lodging. The salary would be only “600 D.” a year—not ...
... wrote. Knowing that money was none too plentiful at the Lewis plantation on Ivy Creek, Mr. Jefferson tactfully pointed out that this arrangement would save the expense of food and lodging. The salary would be only “600 D.” a year—not ...
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... wrote a Georgia neighbor. Meriwether Lewis “inherited the energy, courage, activity, and good understanding of his admirable mother.” With the good understanding went intellectual interests. Lucy Marks treasured her small library, a ...
... wrote a Georgia neighbor. Meriwether Lewis “inherited the energy, courage, activity, and good understanding of his admirable mother.” With the good understanding went intellectual interests. Lucy Marks treasured her small library, a ...
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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