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Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1953. Later printing
Description
Fiction. Literary Anthologies. HTML:At the dawn of the 19th century, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark embarked on an unprecedented journey from St. Louis, Missouri to the Pacific Ocean and back again. Their assignment was to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Territory and record the geography, flora, fauna, and people they encountered along the way. The tale of their incredible journey, meticulously recorded in their journals, has become an American classic. This single-volume, landmark edition of the famous journals is the first abridgement to be published in at least a decade.
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LibraryThing member ksmyth
This handy little abridgement is all you really need as it includes some of the most important journal entries. It's also inexpensive, so that when you're camping on the Lewis and Clark trail you can sit around the campfire and read from the journals.
LibraryThing member JBD1
A heavily abridged (but less edited than some) edition of the journals. Handy in one volume if you don't care about comprehensiveness.
LibraryThing member Oreillynsf
Every American should read this book. OMG what a story. This edit is truly the best of the lot.
LibraryThing member choochtriplem
If you love America and want to read an epic story, look no further than this book. I read this book after a cross country drive and thought it was one of the best stories I have ever read. The lamguage and spelling take a little time getting used too, but the story and description from Lewis and
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Clark make up for it. A must read for any budding historian interested in the formation of the United States. Show Less
LibraryThing member JBGUSA
Excellent book. One of my few "five stars." The Journals of Lewis and Clark was a journal by explorers who were new to the land, its flora and fauna, and its people. The journey was an epic struggle through heat, blizzards, insects, wolves, grizzly bears and Native Americans. Lewis and Clark tried
They were part of the dream that kindled America and that keeps burning.
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to "put their arms around" a huge country that is so vast, so diverse that no one can really know it.They were part of the dream that kindled America and that keeps burning.
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Notable Books List (1953)
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Other editions
The journals of Lewis and Clark by Bernard DeVoto (Paper Book)