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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780142437360
ISBN number: 0142437360
Label: Penguin Classics
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 560
Printing Date: 2002-12
Publishing house: Penguin Classics
Release Date: December 31, 2002
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Bought as a gift for my husband who is interested in this sort of book. He really enjoyed it.
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I picked this book up over the summer (2006) while traveling through 12 states in 12 days (Western and upper Mid-west)- I think I picked this up while visiting Mount Rushmore. Anyway I started reading this book during some of this trip and I found it so interesting that I could not put it down. After I finished reading this and having told some of my co-workers about several parts of the book while I was reading it one of them asked to borrow it and another one went ahead and bought his own copy. If you love non-fiction, biographical, historical books that have an edge of exitement this one is for you and I highly recommend it. Honestly this is one of the top 10 books I have read and I have read a lot!
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This is the record of one of the great exploratory journeys in American history. Following the Louisiana Purchase President Jefferson commissioned Meriwether Lewis to undertake a voyage through the vast newly acquired territory of the West. He invited to join him William Clark and their mission of thirty- three set out on their great adventure. They would in the course of it meet with many dangers and get through them all. Their guide the Indian woman Sacajewa and her husband Charbonneau were important in helping them . They met with many obstacles but displayed inveterate courage . In December 1803 Lewis would write in his journal of 'the joy' of seeing the ocean.
The achievements of their voyage according to Wikipedia of great historical significance.
"The U.S. gained an extensive knowledge of the geography of the American West in the form of maps of major rivers and mountain ranges
Discovered and described 178 new plants and 122 species and subspecies of animals (see List of species described by the Lewis and Clark Expedition)
Opened American fur trade in the West
Paved the way for peaceful relations with the Indians
Established a precedent for Army exploration of the West
Strengthened the U.S. claim to Oregon Territory
Focused U.S. and media attention on the West
Produced the very first literature about the West (the Lewis and Clark diaries)
Made themselves heroes throughout the country and big names in Early American History
Helped show pioneers some of the Oregon Trail."
Their diaries are a record of the journey and a classic document of the great American jouney in opening up a continent.
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