In Search of York: The Slave Who Went to the Pacific With Lewis and Clark, Revised Edition - Hardcover

Robert B. Betts

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0870816187 ISBN 13: 9780870816185

Publisher: Univ Pr of Colorado, 2000

Synopsis

First published in 1985, Robert B. Betts' unique account of the sole African American member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition is now back in an updated edition with new material and illustrations. In Search of York removes many of the fallacies surrounding York and pinpoints the important role he played in the success of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Through painstaking research and the synthesis of all the available information known about York, Betts exposes the impact of racial prejudice on historical interpretation. Neither the hero that a few romantic chroniclers have drawn nor the buffoon of many accounts tainted with racism, Betts' York emerges as a believable human being touching both the heights and depths of the world he lived in.

About this title

About the Author:

The late Robert B. Betts graduated from Harvard, was a successful advertising executive in New York City, and regularly contributed to the Lewis and Clark journal We Proceeded On.

Review:

"Robert Bett's biography of York, Clark's black slave who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition, is the finest study ever written about this significant yet elusive member of the Corps of Discovery...The documentary evidence provided by Betts indicat

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ Pr of Colorado
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0870816187
• ISBN 13: 9780870816185
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 204