The Journals of Lewis and Clark (Kessinger Legacy Reprints) - Hardcover

Lewis, Meriwether; Clark, Professor William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1169317669 ISBN 13: 9781169317666

Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

The Journals of Lewis and Clark is a historical account of the famous expedition undertaken by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in the early 19th century. The book is a compilation of the journals kept by the two explorers during their journey from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean and back. The journals provide a detailed record of the landscapes, flora and fauna, and the interactions between the expedition and the indigenous tribes they encountered along the way. The book also includes maps and illustrations that help to bring the journey to life. The Journals of Lewis and Clark is a fascinating insight into one of the most important expeditions in American history, and a must-read for anyone interested in the exploration of the American West.A fine warm day. We met with a Frenchman, by the name of Jussome, whom we employ as an interpreter. This man has a wife and children in the village. Great numbers on both sides flocked down to the bank to view us as we passed. Captain Lewis, with the interpreter, walked down to the village below our camp. After delaying one hour, he returned and informed me the Indians had returned to their village.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

About this title

From the Back Cover

In 1803, when the United States purchased Louisiana from France, the great expanse of this new American territory was a blank - not only on the map but in our knowledge. President Thomas Jefferson keenly understood that the course of the nation's destiny lay westward and that a national "Voyage of Discovery" must be mounted to determine the nature and accessibility of the frontier. He commissioned his young secretary, Meriwether Lewis, to lead an intelligence-gathering expedition from the Missouri River to the northern Pacific coast and back. From 1804 to 1806, Lewis, accompanied by co-captain William Clark, the Shoshone guide Sacajawea, and thirty-two men, made the first trek across the Louisiana Purchase, mapping the rivers as he went, tracing the principal waterways to the sea, and establishing the American claim to the territories of Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. Together the captains kept a journal, a richly detailed record of the flora and fauna they sighted, the Indian tribes they encountered, and the awe-inspiring landscape they traversed, from their base camp near present-day St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River. In keeping this record they made an incomparable contribution to the literature of exploration and the writing of natural history.

About the Author

Bernard DeVoto (1897-1955), winner of the Pulitzer Prize, was a renowned scholar-historian of the American West and one of the country's greatest men of letters.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1169317669
• ISBN 13: 9781169317666
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 310