The Journals Of Lewis And Clark

Meriwether Lewis, William Clark

Kessinger Publishing, 2004 - Travel - 312 pages

A fine warm day. We met with a Frenchman, by the name of Jussome, whom we employ as an interpreter. This man has a wife and children in the village. Great numbers on both sides flocked down to the bank to view us as we passed. Captain Lewis, with the interpreter, walked down to the village below our camp. After delaying one hour, he returned and informed me the Indians had returned to their village.

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User Review  - JBGUSA - LibraryThing

Excellent book. One of my few "five stars." The Journals of Lewis and Clark was a journal by explorers who were new to the land, its flora and fauna, and its people. The journey was an epic struggle ...

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User Review  - Ghost_Boy - LibraryThing

First off, this book has spelling and grammatical errors (well for today they would be errors). Keep in mind this was written in the early 1800s and they were out in wilderness. I’m sure they cared ...

About the author

William Clark is visiting assistant professor of history at the University of California, Los Angeles, and coeditor of "The Sciences in Enlightened Europe," also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Journals Of Lewis And Clark; Kessinger Publishing's rare reprints
• Authors: Meriwether Lewis, William Clark
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, 2004
• ISBN: 1419167995, 9781419167997
• Length: 312 pages
• Subjects: Travel / United States / West / General