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The way to the western sea : Lewis and Clark across the continent / David Lavender.

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  • ISBN: 0803280033
  • ISBN: 9780803280038
  • Physical Description: 444 pages : maps ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2001]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Bison books"--Prelim. p.
Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, c1988.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-431) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1 Beginner's Luck 1 -- 2 Preparing for the Future 22 -- 3 Grappling with Logistics 40 -- 4 Trial Run 52 -- 5 Facing Reality 73 -- 6 Smoky Water 94 -- 7 Emphasis on Indians 116 -- 8 Into Winter 134 -- 9 Grand Plan 149 -- 10 Forty Below--and Far to Go 168 -- 11 Hazards by Water 189 -- 12 Great Portage 211 -- 13 Great Divide 229 -- 14 Hunger 251 -- 15 Wild Water 275 -- 16 Farthest Reach 298 -- 17 Against the Flow 316 -- 18 Peace Mission to the Blackfeet 336 -- 19 Hurrying Home 356 -- 20 Endings 372 -- Appendix I Jefferson's Instructions to Lewis 389 -- Appendix II Permanent Party 395 -- Appendix III Much Ado About Little--The Case of the Lydia 397.
Subject: Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809.
Clark, William, 1770-1838.
Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
West (U.S.) > Discovery and exploration.
West (U.S.) > Description and travel.

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