Treatment of the expedition by the well-known biographer of Presidents Dwight D. Ambrose's ''Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West,'' a swiftly moving, full-dress The explorers came home, climaxed by the shocking tragedy of Lewis's death in a lonely and remote inn on Tennessee's Natchez Trace three years after his triumphant return.Īll these aspects of the story are dealt with admirably in Stephen E. Visionary guidance of Lewis during the preparations for the trip the impact of the ''Corps of Discovery'' on Western Indian nations, the fur trade and the future of the American West and the frustrations after Among its many elements were the dedicated role of President Thomas Jefferson as the driving force behind the enterprise Jefferson's Not so well known to the general reader is the context that surrounded the expedition. One of the most enthralling adventure stories in American history. Louis to the Pacific Ocean and back in 1804-06 remains Even in this high-tech age of space exploration, their bold, 28-month, 8,000-mile expedition across largely unknown Western lands from St. Models for generations of American youths. Noble young partners, courageous and self-reliant, they were role Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West.įor almost 200 years, the explorers Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) and William Clark (1770-1838) have stood among the first ranks in the pantheon of American heroes.
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