Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West

by AMBROSE, STEPHEN E

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New York: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 1996. Softcover. As New/No. Trade paperback. Softcover. Very fine copy.

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Stephen Ambrose's long fascination with the journey of Lewis and Clark led him to write this book. He chronicles the expedition and shares his knowledge of and passion for the landscape of the trail followed by the two captains, and he also tells the story of Meriwether Lewis's life after the expedition. Captain Lewis was a celebrity in the first decade of the nineteenth century, but despite the patronage of his mentor, President Thomas Jefferson, and the admiration inspired by his trailblazing journey, he was unable to parley his fame into any successful career, and his life ended violently while he was still in his thirties.

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