Author: Rod Gragg
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781401600754
Category : Lewis and Clark Expedition
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Book Description
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: Richard Mack
Publisher: Quiet Light Publishing
ISBN: 0975395408
Category : Lewis and Clark Expedition
Languages : en
Pages : 131
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In The Lewis & Clark Trail American Landscapes, the vistas and majesty of the Lewis & Clark Trail have been brought to life in a magnificent set of 248 color photographs. Richard spent two years visiting key locations along the Lewis & Clark Trail ¿ by plane, auto, and on foot ¿ shooting specific locations at the same time of year as was originally experienced some 200 years ago. The result is an extraordinary set of images capturing the incredible diversity of the American landscape. The Lewis & Clark Expedition ¿ also known as the Corps of Discovery ¿ is regarded as one of the epic stories in American history. The trail stretches across the American landscape starting in St. Louis and followed the Missouri River through the woodlands of the Midwest, onto the Great Plains across Montana, entered the Bitterroot Mountains in Idaho, and glided down the Clearwater, Snake, and Columbia rivers to the Pacific Ocean. The pioneering exploits of the Corps of Discovery have been thoroughly chronicled in thousands of pages of narrative by historians as well as in the journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. These words, detailing the sense of discovery and the wonder of viewing untouched landscapes, essentially were the only ¿pictures¿ from this expedition. Until now.
Author: Barbara Fifer
Publisher: Farcountry Press
ISBN: 9781560371885
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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This edition contains no advertising, and is stitch-bound. It covers the whole story of the expedition, beginning east of the Mississippi River as Thomas Jefferson and Meriwether Lewis planned, and Lewis trained and traveled. Then follows Lewis and Clark and company to the Pacific and back to St. Louis. Accessible history text combines with tourism information on following their path today, and maps combine both then and now.
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Publisher: Whisper'n Waters
ISBN: 9780970137821
Category : Art, American
Languages : en
Pages : 189
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Includes works of art by the following artists : Charles Wilson Peale, Michael Haynes, William Jacob Hays, Sr., Alfred Jacob Miller, Karl Bodmer, Frederic Remington, L. Edward Fisher, Carl Wimar, Stanley Meltzoff, Charles M. Russell, E.S. Paxson, Charles B.J. Fevret, George Caleb Bingham, Charles Deas, John F. Clymer, George Catlin, Gary P. Miller, Gary R. Lucy, Charles Fritz, Ron Ukrainetz, Alfred Bierstadt, John Mix Stanley, Paul Kane, Alfred Bierstadt.
Author: Barbara Fifer
Publisher: Farcountry Press
ISBN: 9781560371519
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Describes the Corps of Discovery trip of 1803-1806, as experienced by the men, one woman and a baby: who they were, how they traveled, the people they met, and animals they saw.
Author: Kira Gale
Publisher: River Junction Press LLC
ISBN: 0964931524
Category : Travel guides
Languages : en
Pages : 275
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Author: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618067763
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Describes the journey of Lewis and Clark through the western United States, focusing on the plants they cataloged, their uses for food and medicine, and the plant lore of Native American people.
Author: John Burrows
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402760594
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Book Description
William Clark and Meriwether Lewis set out together from Illinois in 1804 leading a team of more than forty-five fellow trekkers on an expedition across North America. Along the way, they risked death by grizzly bears, endured extreme weather conditions, and suffered near-starvation on their dangerous odyssey to the Pacific Ocean. Despite the harsh circumstances, the pair discovered and documented many rivers, animals, and mountains, and forged relationships with several Native American tribes. The story of these brave men with extraordinary drive and courage inspired many Americans to migrate west. Book jacket.
Author: Keith G. Hay
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
ISBN: 9780881926200
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 237
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Travel the lower Columbia on a history tour with this helpful guide, and imagine what this awesome, untamed terrain may have looked like to Lewis and Clark.
Author: Jennifer White Fischer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781642377163
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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COLOR EDITION A travel guide with a twist. The author weaves the exciting story of Lewis and Clark's exploration of the west during the early 1800s into her story of discoveries throughout America, both on and off the historical trail. Take a road trip into history while discovering present day America. In addition to visiting many exceptional Lewis and Clark sites and the rivers they traveled, she explores a wealth of scenic wonders and cultural and historic locations. Included are national and state parks, museums, state capitols, rivers, cities, gardens, interesting people and unique "off the beaten path" attractions. A book for the armchair traveler, history buff and anyone contemplating an extended road trip across America. You'll find lots of tips to make your trip exciting and enjoyable. Included are over 150 of the author's photographs. Available in black and white and full color editions.
