My Travels with Capts. Lewis and Clark, by George Shannon - Softcover

McMullan, Kate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060081015 ISBN 13: 9780060081010

Publisher: HarperColl, 2006

Synopsis

MY TRAVELS WITH CAPTS. LEWIS AND CLARK BY GEORGE SMITH

Kate McMullan and Adrienne Yorinks

"Delectable period details, surprising facts, and classic moments keep the story lively. An inspiring journey." – Publishers Weekly (starred review)

This fictional journal tells the true story of sixteen–year–old George Shannon's adventures with the Lewis and Clark Expedition, through perilous rock–infested waters, bear attacks, Indian war parties, and a host of other thrilling events. Accompanied by Adrienne Yorinks's illustrations drawn as if sewn by George himself, this is an adventure not to be missed.

About this title

About the Author:

Kate and Jim McMullan have collaborated on many popular picture books, including I’m Brave!; I’m Fast!; I’m Big!; I’m Bad!; I’m Dirty!, a Child Magazine Best Book; I’m Mighty!; and I Stink!, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book. The McMullans live in Sag Harbor, New York.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 5-8–The true story of the Lewis and Clark expedition and the Corps of Discovery is as exciting as any adventure story. McMullan has created a highly detailed account of this journey using her ancestor George Shannon, an actual teenage member of the Corps of Discovery, as the author of this fictional journal. She has taken some liberties with the truth, placing her fictional Shannon in a more adventurous part of the expedition than he was in real life. The book follows the Corps as it goes up the Missouri River and west to the Pacific, with the teen describing the hardships they faced and the adventures they had. Some sketches and maps clarify the prose. The journal has an authentic tone using sentence structure and vocabulary that could have been written at that time, but Shannon's personality doesn't come through. As fiction this is disappointing, leaving readers wanting richer character development. The imaginary journal McMullan has created here is replete with historical information, but is basically a nonfiction book with some elements of fiction attached. Some factual accounts, such as Rhoda Blumberg's The Incredible Journey of Lewis & Clark (HarperTrophy, 1995) and Elizabeth Cody Kimmel's As Far as the Eye Can Reach (Random, 2003) are more engrossing.–Renee Steinberg, formerly at Fieldstone Middle School, Montvale, NJ
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About this edition

• Publisher: HarperColl
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0060081015
• ISBN 13: 9780060081010
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280
• Illustrator: Yorinks Adrienne