Status
Available
Collection
Publication
National Geographic (2003), Edition: Hardcover Edition, 256 pages
Description
A newly abridged edition of the personal accounts of the epic expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark describes their trek through the wilderness between the Missouri River and the Pacific coast and the natural wonders, perils, people, and places they encountered along the way.
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LibraryThing member ChrisConway
Contains spectacular scenes of first contact with the Shoshone as well as stunning scenes of natural life before the West began to be populated by Europeans and their descendants.
LibraryThing member CurrerBell
There may well be more interesting abridgments, but this version by Anthony Brandt in the National Geographic Adventure Classics is tedious. There's too much repetition of hunting, riverboat navigation, and the like and not enough on the ethnography of the Indian tribes, which would have been a lot
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2002
Physical description
256 p.
ISBN
079226620X / 9780792266204