The journals of Lewis and Clark / edited by Bernard DeVoto ; foreword by Stephen E. Ambrose ; maps by Erwin Raisz.

"In 1803, when the United States purchased Louisiana from France, the great expanse of this new American territory was a blank - not only on the map but in our knowledge. President Thomas Jefferson keenly understood that the course of the nation's destiny lay westward and that a national "Voyage of...

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Uniform Title:	Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Selections
Main Author:	Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809
Corporate Author:	NetLibrary, Inc
Other Authors:	Clark, William, 1770-1838, De Voto, Bernard, 1897-1955
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., [1997], ©1997.
Subjects:	Lewis, Meriwether, > 1774-1809. Clark, William, > 1770-1838. Lewis and Clark Expedition > (1804-1806) TRAVEL > General. TRAVEL. West (U.S.) > History > To 1848. West (U.S.) > Description and travel. Missouri River > Description and travel. Columbia River > Description and travel. West (U.S.) > Discovery and exploration. Electronic books.
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Physical Description:	lx, 504 pages : maps ; 21 cm
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

Introduction / Anthony Brandt
Jefferson's Instructions to Lewis
From August 30 to September 18, 1803
Summary: September 19, 1803-May 13, 1804
From May 14 to June 14, 1804
Summary: June 15-July 26, 1804
From July 27 to August 26, 1804
Summary: August 27-September 22, 1804
From September 23 to November 6, 1804
Summary: November 7, 1804-April 6, 1805
From April 7 to May 9, 1805
Summary: May 10-June 12, 1805
From June 13 to July 2, 1805
Summary: July 3-July 31, 1805
From August 1 to August 17, 1805
Summary: August 18-September 3, 1805
From September 4 to September 25, 1805
Summary: September 26-October 20, 1805
From October 21 to November 7, 1805
Summary: November 8, 1805-April 12, 1806
From April 13 to April 23, 1806
Summary: April 24-June 25, 1806
From June 26 to July 1, 1806
Summary: Clark on the Yellowstone
Lewis on the Marias
Summary: Revisiting the Plains Indians
From September 6 to September 26, 1806.