Gary E. Moulton

Lewis and Clark Expedition Day by Day (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In May 1804, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and their Corps of Discovery set out on a journey of a lifetime to explore and interpret the American West. The Lewis and Clark Expedition Day by Day follows this exploration with a daily narrative of their journey, from its starting point in Illinois in 1804 to its successful return to St. Louis in September 1806. This accessible chronicle, presented by Lewis and Clark historian Gary E. Moulton, depicts each riveting day of the Corps of Discovery's journey. Drawn from the journals of the two captains and four enlisted men, this volume recounts personal stories, scientific pursuits, and geographic challenges, along with vivid descriptions of encounters with Native peoples and unknown lands and discoveries of new species of flora and fauna. This modern reference brings the story of the Lewis and Clark expedition to life in a new way, from the first hoisting of the sail to the final celebratory dinner.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bison Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781496205292
• Artikelnr.: 55005887

Autorenporträt

Gary E. Moulton is Thomas C. Sorensen Professor Emeritus of American History at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is the editor of the Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, available from the University of Nebraska Press. Moulton is the recipient of the J. Franklin Jameson Award of the American Historical Association and the Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award from the University of Nebraska.   

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations     Preface     Introduction     Expedition Personnel     Chapter 1. Expedition Underway
May 14–August 24
1804     Chapter 2. The Middle Missouri
August 25–October 26
1804     Chapter 3. Knife River Winter
October 27
1804–April 6
1805     Chapter 4. Into the Unknown
April 7–June 2
1805     Chapter 5. Portaging the Falls
June 3–July 14
1805     Chapter 6. Shadows of the Rockies
July 15–August 9
1805     Chapter 7. Those Tremendous Mountains
August 10–October 10
1805     Chapter 8. Roll On Columbia
October 11–November 14
1805     Chapter 9. Pacific Coast Winter
November 15
1805–March 22
1806     Chapter 10. Homeward Bound
March 23–July 2
1806     Chapter 11. Separation and Reunion
July 3–August 12
1806     Chapter 12. Hurrying Home
August 13–September 23
1806     Afterword     Index