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In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River, across the forbidding Rockies, and -- by way of the Snake and mighty Columbia -- down to the Pacific Ocean. Lewis and his partner, Captain William Clark, endured incredible hardships and witnessed astounding sights. With great perseverance, they worked their way into an unexplored West and when they returned two years later, they had long since been given up for dead.Lewis is supported by a variety of colorful characters: Jefferson and his vision of the West; Clark, the artist and map-maker; and Lewis -- the enigma, who let brilliantly but considered the mission a failure After suffering several periods of depression -- and despite his status as a national hero -- Lewis died mysteriously, apparently by his own hand.

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PublisherSimon & Schuster

ISBN-100743507843

ISBN-139780743507844

eBay Product ID (ePID)1786295

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Book TitleUndaunted Courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West

TopicGeneral, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), United States / General

Publication Year2001

LanguageEnglish

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorStephen E. Ambrose

FormatCompact Disc

Dimensions

Item Height1.9in

Item Length6in

Item Width5.2in

Item Weight22.3 Oz

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Intended AudienceTrade

ReviewsKen BurnsStephen Ambrose is that rare breed: a historian with true passion for his subject. Here he takes one of the great, but also one of the most superficially considered, stories in American history and breathes fresh life into it. Lewis comes alive as we've never known him.

Dewey Edition22

Number of Volumes20 Vols.

Dewey Decimal917.8042

Edition DescriptionUnabridged Edition