Meriwether Lewis

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1) The journals of Lewis and Clark

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Lewis, Meriwether

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National Geographic adventure classics

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A one-volume abridgment of the twenty-eight month wilderness journey of early American explorers Lewis and Clark.

2) The essential Lewis and Clark

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Lewis, Meriwether

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Book, CD

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"The journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark remain the single most important document in the history of American exploration. This compact volume of their journals includes all of the most riveting tales of their adventure, in their own words." "Through these tales of adventure we see the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and western rivers the way Lewis and Clark first observed them - majestic, pristine, uncharted, and awe-inspiring. We...

3) The Lewis and Clark journals: an American epic of discovery : the abridgment of the definitive Nebraska edition

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Two Centuries Ago, an American epic unfolded as Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery mapped the lands, described the natural wonders, and encountered the peoples of western North America. Following orders from President Thomas Jefferson, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out from St. Louis in 1804 to search for a river passage to the Pacific Ocean. The heroism of the men of the Corps of Discovery and of Sacagawea, the Shoshone interpreter...