- Paperback: 506 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Australia; Reprint edition (30 Jun 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140252177
- ISBN-13: 978-0140252170
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13.2 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,205,458 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's remarkable chronicle of their Voyage of Discovery across the pristine, uncharted wilderness of the American West occupies a unique place in American literature. To a young republic barely a dozen years old, the "Journals" offered not only a pathbreaking work of natural history, but the equivalent of a national poem: a magnificent epic for an unfinished nation.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Having just acquired 'Louisiana', President Jefferson send a party of mismatched explorers headed by 2 young men (in their early twenties) to explore & map it and discover an overland passage to the Pacific. They return several years later, given up for lost, with the loss of only one man.
Other reviewers have said it before me, and it is all true, but what came across most (for me) was the leadership skills that enabled such a large party to live together on the verge of starvation at times, with an Indian woman and her baby, and only have one argument!
Add that to the diplomatic skills involved in negotiating with hostiles, collecting specimens, mapping the progress, foraging for food (Drewyer must be the best hunter EVER!), surviving sub-zero mountain passes and grizzly attacks, with the loss of only one life, and you have an engrossing account of what must rank as one of THE greatest adventures of all time! *****
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I've read many books but absolutely nothing compares to this. Lewis & Clark's story should be required reading in schools, not only for it's history but for the style of thier writing.Lewis and Clark had it all,adventure,hardships,danger every day something new, and through it all they kept a clear vision of purpose. The way they disciplined and rewarded thier men, the way they treated the Indians with fair respect is how we wanted this country to be. Never a more perfect name," THE COPRS OF DISCOVERY"!!!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This is an excellent book. It is hard to imagine the hardship these men had to endure on their trip across the nation, but by reading this book you get some kind of idea. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is even slightly intrested in the history of the Lewis and Clark expedition. This book tells it exactly how it happened, from the men who were there. I strongly believe that books like these should be required reading in schools....who knows what this country would be like today had it not been for those brave men.
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