Lewis And Clark For Dummies

Author : Sammye J. Meadows,Jana Prewitt
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118068731

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Lewis and Clark For Dummies by Sammye J. Meadows,Jana Prewitt Pdf

The Lewis and Clark expedition was the greatest camping trip in history. It was one of those irresistible American adventures that many people dream of living. This book shares the delightful details of the journey that historians have gleaned from the group’s journals and maps, and also discusses what’s known of the Indian perspective of the expedition. Throughout the book, you find out about Jefferson’s western exploration from his earliest efforts to see the Corps assembled through the aftermath for the explorers, the tribes, and the United States. But the focus of Lewis & Clark For Dummies is on the period between Jefferson’s confidential letter to Congress requesting dollars to mount a western exploration (January 18,1803) and the expedition’s triumphant (and improbable) return to St. Louis (September 23, 1806): forty-two months that changed the world. Join Lewis and Clark as they recruit the Corps of Discovery, meet Sacagawea and various Indian tribes, and set off along the Missouri River on a thrilling, perilous journey. Lewis & Clark For Dummies also covers the following topics and more: The expedition’s people and places Jefferson’s fascination with the West Final preparations of Meriwether Lewis Weathering storms to launch the expedition The discomforts and dangers of the journey Making maps and writing reports A first look at the Pacific Ocean The story of Lewis and Clark doesn’t end with their return to St. Louis. This book will also lead you on an exploration of the fates and lessons of the Corps of Discovery. Find out what happened to Lewis, Clark, and many other key players after their famous journey. And examine the aftermath for the American Indians and the political and cultural ramifications for the United States. You’ll even find the resources you need to plan your own recreation of the expedition as you take the Trail yourself!

Author : Meriwether Clark, William Lewis
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 770 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783734018121

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The Journals of Lewis and Clark by Meriwether Clark, William Lewis Pdf

Reproduction of the original: The Journals of Lewis and Clark by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark

Author : John Bakeless
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780486119854

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The Adventures of Lewis and Clark by John Bakeless Pdf

DIVAction-packed account of perilous journey made by undaunted men who faced hostile Indians, prairie fires, floods, famine, sub-zero weather, and other perils to chart the vast unknown lands of the Louisiana Purchase. /div

Author : William Clark,Gary E. Moulton,Thomas W. Dunlay
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803280092

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The Definitive Journals of Lewis & Clark: From the Ohio to the Vermillion by William Clark,Gary E. Moulton,Thomas W. Dunlay Pdf

Since the time of Columbus, explorers dreamed of a water passage across the North American continent. President Thomas Jefferson shared this dream. He conceived the Corps of Discovery to travel up the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains and westward along possible river routes to the Pacific Ocean. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led this expedition of 1804?6. Along the way they filled hundreds of notebook pages with observations of the geography, Indian tribes, and natural history of the trans-Mississippi West. This volume includes Lewis's and Clark's journals beginning in August 1803, when Lewis left Pittsburgh to join Clark farther down the Ohio River. The two men and several recruits camped near the mouth of the Missouri River for five months of training, acquiring supplies and equipment, and gathering information from travelers about the trip upriver. They started up the Missouri in May 1804. This volume ends in August, when the Corps of Discovery camped near the Vermillion River in present-day South Dakota.

Author : David L. Nicandri
Publisher : Washington State University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781636820774

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Lewis and Clark Reframed by David L. Nicandri Pdf

Spanish, British, and French explorers reached the Pacific Northwest before Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. The American captains benefited from those predecessors, even carrying with them copies of their published accounts. James Cook, George Vancouver, and Alexander Mackenzie--and to a lesser extent fur traders John Meares and Robert Gray--directly and indirectly influenced the expedition. Based on new material as well as revised essays from popular history journals, Lewis and Clark Reframed examines several curious and seemingly inexplicable aspects of the journey after the Corps of Discovery crossed the Rocky Mountains. The captains’ journals demonstrate that they relied on Mackenzie’s 1801 Voyages from Montreal as a trail guide. They borrowed field techniques and favorite literary expressions--at times plagiarizing entire paragraphs. Cook’s literature also informed the pair, and his naming conventions evoke fresh ideas about an enduring expedition mystery--the identity of the two or three journalists whose records are now missing. Additional journal text analysis dispels the notion that the captains were equals, despite expedition lore. Lewis claimed all the epochal discoveries for himself, and in one of his more memorable passages, drew on Mackenzie for inspiration. Parallels between Cook’s and other exploratory accounts offer evidence that like many long-distance voyagers, Lewis grappled with homesickness. His friendship with Mahlon Dickerson lends insights into Lewis’s shortcomings and eventual undoing. As secretary of the navy, Dickerson drew from Lewis’s troubled past to impede the 1840s ocean expedition set to emulate Cook and solidify America’s claim, through Lewis and Clark, to the region.

Author : Meriwether Lewis,William Clark,Gary E. Moulton
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 080322950X

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The Lewis and Clark Journals by Meriwether Lewis,William Clark,Gary E. Moulton Pdf

The diaries and personal accounts of William Clark, Meriwether Lewis, and other members of their expedition chronicle their epic journey across North America in search of a river passage to the Pacific Ocean and describe their encounters with the Native American peoples of the West, exotic flora and fauna, and amazing natural wonders.

Author : Rod Gragg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Lewis and Clark Expedition
ISBN : 1401600751

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Lewis and Clark on the Trail of Discovery by Rod Gragg Pdf

Few events in American history have shaped the nation like the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It opened the American West for settlement. It redrew the map of the United States. It identified an array of native peoples, spectacular places, fascinating creatures, and extraordinary flora unknown in "civilized" America. It defined the American nation as a land stretching from coast to coast-and it launched the spread of population in a mighty frontier migration unlike anything ever witnessed in America before or since. Lewis and Clark on the Trail of Discovery contains 19 chapters, detailing the expedition chronologically. A "museum in a book," this fascinating volume contains re-creations of original documents such as diary entries, letters, maps, and sketches-all meticulously reproduced so that the reader can actually handle and examine them. Among the documents included in the book are: The actual letter of credit Jefferson wrote to Lewis committing the U.S. government to pay for the expedition. The code Thomas Jefferson provided to Lewis for sending secret messages. Clark's sketch of the technique some Indians used to flatten their heads, a sign of prestige. Clark's letter of gratitude to Sacagawea, a Shoshone teenager who helped the expedition. A newspaper account of the expedition's return to St. Louis.

Author : Sammye J. Meadows,Janasawyer Prewitt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1422351823

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Lewis and Clark for Dummies by Sammye J. Meadows,Janasawyer Prewitt Pdf

Retrace Lewis & Clark's steps & celebrate the expedition's 200th anniversary. Want to know more about this famous adventure? Join Lewis & Clark as they recruit the Corps of Discovery, meet Sacagawea & various Indian tribes, & set off along the Missouri River on a thrilling, perilous journey. You'll discover who all the players were, why the expedition happened, & the political & cultural ramifications. Sammye Meadows is the coordinator for the Circle of Tribal Advisors for the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial. Jana Sawyer Prewitt is a former director of external affairs for the U.S. Dept. of the Interior. Features maps, travel tips, & archival drawings. A thorough, accurate, & lively introduction to history's great Ôroad buddies' story.Ó

Author : John Bakeless
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780486157054

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Lewis and Clark by John Bakeless Pdf

First authoritative biography of two great explorers, based on original research and diaries of expedition members. Danger, hardships, Indian customs and lore, much more. 29 illustrations. 7 maps.

Author : Meriwether Lewis,William Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Columbia River
ISBN : LCCN:64015500

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The History of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: Preface by the editor by Meriwether Lewis,William Clark Pdf

Lewis and Clark's Expedition from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean was the first governmental exploration of the "Great West." The history of this undertaking is the personal narrative and official report of the first white men who crossed the continent between and British and Spanish possessions.

Author : Shirley Christian
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803225245

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Before Lewis and Clark by Shirley Christian Pdf

Before Lewis and Clark relates the extraordinary saga of the Chouteaus, the dynastic family that guarded the gates to the West for three generations. From their St. Louis base, the Chouteaus, patrician and French in their origins, made their fortunes along the two-thousand-mile length of the Missouri River. Led by the brothers Auguste and Pierre, the family not only engaged in land speculation, finance, and the fur trade but also acted as suppliers and advisers to expeditions and enterprises between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains?including the famous expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark from 1804 to 1806. This is the story of the Old World meeting the New, of the eastern United States discovering the West, and of a wealthy, powerful, charming, and manipulative family that dominated business and politics in the Louisiana Purchase territory before and after the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Author : Kris Fresonke,Mark Spence
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2004-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520937147

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Lewis & Clark by Kris Fresonke,Mark Spence Pdf

Two centuries after their expedition awoke the nation both to the promise and to the disquiet of the vast territory out west, Lewis and Clark still stir the imagination, and their adventure remains one of the most celebrated and studied chapters in American history. This volume explores the legacy of Lewis and Clark's momentous journey and, on the occasion of its bicentennial, considers the impact of their westward expedition on American culture. Approaching their subject from many different perspectives—literature, history, women's studies, law, medicine, and environmental history, among others—the authors chart shifting attitudes about the explorers and their journals, together creating a compelling, finely detailed picture of the "interdisciplinary intrigue" that has always surrounded Lewis and Clark's accomplishment. This collection is most remarkable for its insights into ongoing debates over the relationships between settler culture and aboriginal peoples, law and land tenure, manifest destiny and westward expansion, as well as over the character of Sacagawea, the expedition's vision of nature, and the interpretation and preservation of the Lewis and Clark Trail.

Author : William Rheem Lighton
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781613104095

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Lewis and Clark: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark by William Rheem Lighton Pdf

Author : Gary E. Moulton
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781496205292

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The Lewis and Clark Expedition Day by Day by Gary E. Moulton Pdf

In May 1804, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and their Corps of Discovery set out on a journey of a lifetime to explore and interpret the American West. The Lewis and Clark Expedition Day by Day follows this exploration with a daily narrative of their journey, from its starting point in Illinois in 1804 to its successful return to St. Louis in September 1806. This accessible chronicle, presented by Lewis and Clark historian Gary E. Moulton, depicts each riveting day of the Corps of Discovery's journey. Drawn from the journals of the two captains and four enlisted men, this volume recounts personal stories, scientific pursuits, and geographic challenges, along with vivid descriptions of encounters with Native peoples and unknown lands and discoveries of new species of flora and fauna. This modern reference brings the story of the Lewis and Clark expedition to life in a new way, from the first hoisting of the sail to the final celebratory dinner.

Author : Janey Levy
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781482465082

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Lewis and Clark in Their Own Words by Janey Levy Pdf

Draws from primary source materials to provide insight into the journey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, from preparing for the expedition to crossing the Great Divide to their trip home.