Lewis and Clark in Missouri
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (645 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826214150 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Today’s followers of the Lewis and Clark Trail can find descriptions of sites to visit in Missouri, Kansas, and Illinois.Carefully researched, yet highly readable, Lewis and Clark in Missouri will be of great interest not only to Missourians, but also to anyone wishing to learn more about the Corps of Discovery’s historic journey.. In May 1804 Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the Corps of Discovery embarked on a seven-thousand-mile journey with instructions from President Thomas Jefferson to ascend the Missouri River to its source and continue on to the Pacific. They had spent five months in the St. Louis area preparing for the expedition that began with a six-hundred-mile, ten-week crossing of the future state of Missouri. Prior to this, the explorers had already seen about two hundred miles of Missouri landscape as they traveled up the Mississippi River to St. Louis in the autumn of 1803.Lewis and Clark in Missouri focuses on the Missouri chapter of their epic journey, a portion of the story that has been slighted in other accounts. Ann Rogers uses the journals kept by members of the Corps along with many other primary source materials, providing a firsthand perspective on the people, plants, wildlife, rivers, and landscapes t
It makes a person want to take a leisurely journey west from St. "Lewis and Clark in Missouri is a fast-paced, easy to read book for both newcomers to the expedition and those who are well-versed on the historic journey. Louis and visit or revisit what expedition member Charles Floyd said was a butiful country of Land'—the Missouri of Lewis and Clark."—Martin Erickson, We Proceeded On
Great book with great photos This is a wonderful account of this great adventure. Both the writing and the photographs are excellent. The reader is able to feel the dynamic spirit of the expedition.