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A History of the Lewis and Clark Journals (Paperback, New Ed)
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A History of the Lewis and Clark Journals (Paperback, New Ed)
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When President Thomas Jefferson dispatched Captains Meriwether
Lewis and William Clark on their great exploratory expedition of
the lands west of the Mississippi, the journey was destined to
become the most famous and significant American land expedition in
history. Jefferson must have realized the timeless importance of
the mission, for he urged the captains to keep multiple records of
all they saw and experienced during the journey. Those records,
dutifully kept from the departure of the expedition in 1803 to its
conclusion in 1806, provided invaluable information about the
wonders of the American West.In the next 150 years the journals
were published in several versions scrupulously authentic,
dubiously revised, and complacently counterfeit. This book is the
first comprehensive account of the various versions and of the
persons responsible for them. It tells of the dedicated
scholarship, inspired judgment, and exciting discovery of new
materials, as well as the misguided enthusiasm and journalistic
skulduggery that marred the publishing history of the journals,
field notes, and letters of members of the expedition. The author
breaks new ground in his use of previously unpublished letters
written by the editors of the two major editions. An appendix
introduces a recently discovered manuscript version of the journal
kept by one of the expedition members. The book also includes an
appraisal of books and articles written about the expedition and a
resume of the illustrative materials, sketches, and maps that
enriched the accounts. A History of the Lewis and Clark Journals is
thus itself a significant expedition into a historic period in
America's past.
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