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Ledyard - In Search of the First American Explorer (Paperback)
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Ledyard - In Search of the First American Explorer (Paperback)
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Before Lewis and Clark, Huck Finn, or Ishmael, there was John
Ledyard, the first and greatest American traveler.
A veteran of Captain Cook's final voyage, Ledyard walked across
nearly all of Russia and suggested to his friend Thomas Jefferson
that traversing the American continent was feasible--inspiring the
Lewis and Clark expedition. When he died in 1789, he was preparing
to venture into Africa. Once as famous as the Founding Fathers whom
he had befriended and beguiled, the "American traveler," as Ledyard
was called, fell into obscurity over the years, reduced to becoming
a foot-noted reference in "Moby Dick."
Bill Gifford reenacted Ledyard's 1773 escape from Dartmouth College
in a canoe and followed Ledyard's trail down the length of the Lena
River in Siberia. In "Ledyard" he reveals the fascinating man in
the legend, bringing back an American original and giving us a
story that until now has not been fully told.
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