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Meriwether Lewis - Softcover

Dillon, Richard

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9780934136396: Meriwether Lewis
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0934136394 ISBN 13: 9780934136396
Publisher: Western Tanager, 1988

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Meriwether LewisAuthor: Richard DillonTitle: Meriwether LewisPublication: Western Tanager PressEdition: FIRST THUSDescription: First Edition Thus, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Western Tanager Press, 1988. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good with light shelf/edgewear. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.Seller ID: 388229Subject: Biography & Letters We Buy Books! Collections - Libraries - Estates - Individual Titles. Message us if you have books to sell!

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This dry, restrained biography of explorer Lewis, out of print since 1970, is nonetheless filled with interesting facts about the land, the Indians, the plants and animals that Lewis came upon as he executed his assignment from President Jefferson: to trace the Missouri river to its source, searching for a waterway to the Pacific Ocean, and to learn the character of the country. Lewis found that the "animals seemed as tame as those in a zoological garden," he acquired knowledge of Native American medicines and noted vast differences in the indigenous peoples. Historian Dillon ( Humbugs & Heros ) also fills his writing with subtle prejudices about native Americans and others ("For a Latin, he came to the point quickly" and Lewis "was as much at home in the snow as an Irishman in jail."). For those who can navigate around such comments, there is meat here, even if only an embarrassing chronicle of an aggressive, self-centered young nation encroaching upon the Western half of the continent, sending con men to make promises that no one intended to keep, for "the red men were believed to be hostile to further cession of their lands." Lewis died at 35, an alcoholic who committed suicide by most accounts, although the author disputes both theories.
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Publisher
Western Tanager
Publication date
1988
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0934136394
ISBN 13 
9780934136396
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
256
Rating
  • 3.07 out of 5 stars
    14 ratings by Goodreads

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