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Undaunted courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the opening of the American West  Cover Image Book Book

Undaunted courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the opening of the American West

Summary: Chronicles the experiences of Meriwether Lewis, the man chosen by President Jefferson to lead a voyage from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean in 1804, and tells of the political, scientific, and military figures involved in the mapping of the American West.

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  • ISBN: 9780684811079
  • ISBN: 0684811073
  • ISBN: 0684826976
  • Physical Description: 521 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
    print
  • Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster trade paperback ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2003, ©1996.

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General Note:
"With a new introduction by the author celebrating the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase"--Cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-506) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Youth,1774-1792 -- Planter,1792-1794 -- Soldier,1794-1800 -- Thomas Jefferson's America,1801 -- The President's Secretary,1801-1802 -- The origins of the expedition,1750-1802 -- Preparing for the expedition, January-June 1803 -- Washington to Pittsburgh, June-August 1803 -- Down the Ohio, September-November 1803 -- Up the Mississippi to winter camp, November 1803-March 1804 -- Ready to depart, April- May 21,1804 -- Up the Missouri, May- July 1804 -- Entering Indian Country, August 1804 -- Encounter with Sioux, September 1804 -- To the Mandans, Fall 1804 -- Winter at Fort Mandan, December 21, 1804- March 21, 1805 -- Report from Fort Mandan, March 22-April 6, 1805 -- From Fort Mandan to Marias River, April 7-June 2, 1805 -- From Marias River to the Great Falls, June 3-June 20, 1805 -- The Great Portage, June 16-July 14, 1805 -- Looking for the Shoshones, July 15-August 12, 1805 -- Over the Continental Divide : August 13-August 31, 1805 -- Over the Bitterroots : September 1-October 6, 1805 -- Down the Columbia : October 8-December 7, 1805 -- Fort Clatsop : December 8, 1805-March 23, 1806 -- Jefferson and the West : 1804-1806 -- Return to the Nez Percé : March 23-June 9, 1806 -- The Lolo Trail : June 10-July 2, 1806 -- The Marias Exploration : July 3-July 28, 1806 -- The Last Leg : July 29-September 22, 1806 -- Reporting to the President : September 23-December 31, 1806 -- Washington : January-March 1807 -- Philadelphia : April-July 1807 -- Virginia : August 1806-March 1807 -- St. Louis : March-December 1808 -- St. Louis : January-August 1809 -- Last Voyage : September 3-October 11, 1809.
Subject: Lewis, Meriwether 1774-1809
Clark, William 1770-1838
Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826
Clark, William 1770-1838
Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826
Lewis, Meriwether 1774-1809
Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Explorers United States Biography
Explorers
United States
Genre: Biography.

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