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Available
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Publication
New York : Random House (1951), Edition: 1St Edition, Hardcover
Description
A fictionalized account of the historic overland expedition to the Pacific Coast and back, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clar
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LibraryThing member Hamburgerclan
This is an account of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, written in 1951. I had mixed feelings about it. The storytelling is quite engaging, and Mr. Neuberger did a nice job of making the characters more real. However, he is also quite jingoistic, and I had to roll my eyes when he would praise this
--J.
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event or that discovery. I mean, I love my country and all that, but the first sighting of, say, the Columbia River by an American isn't really that big of a deal in the history of mankind. Anyway, if you can get over that flaw in the book, you should check it out. It does a good job of recounting the journey and it made me hunger to find out more about the expedition. If that doesn't make a good children's history book, what does?--J.
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Original publication date
1951
Physical description
8.1 inches