LoginUndaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
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A biography of Meriwether Lewis that relies heavily on the journals of both Lewis and Clark, this book is also backed up by the author's personal travels along Lewis and Clark's route to the Pacific. Ambrose is not content to simply chronicle the events of the "Corps of Discovery" as the explorers called their ventures. He often pauses to assess the military leadership of Lewis and Clark, how they negotiated with various native peoples and what they reported to Jefferson. Though the expedition failed to find Jefferson's hoped for water route to the Pacific, it fired interest among fur traders and othe
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Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Release date: 2 June 1997
ISBN-10 : 0684826976 | ISBN-13: 9781847397638
Release date: 2 June 1997
ISBN-10 : 0684826976 | ISBN-13: 9781847397638
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