Undaunted Courage; Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West

[0-684-82697-6] 1997. (Trade paperback) Near fine. 521pp. Photographs, illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. "In this sweeping adventure story, Stephen E. Ambrose, the bestselling author of D-Day, presents the definitive account off one of the most momentous journeys in American history. Ambrose follows the Lewis and Clark Expedition from Thomas Jefferson's hope of finding a waterway to the Pacific, through the heart-stopping moments of the actual trip, to Lewis's lonely demise on the Natchez Trace". Biography of William Clark, Thomas Jefferson & Meriweather Lewis. Locale: Idaho; Oregon; Washington. (Western America, Expeditions, Explorers, History--United States, Lewis and Clark Expedition, Plains Indians, Western America).