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Author
Pub. Date
2007
Description
While writing a biography of his famous namesake, Bill Lewis, a high-school history teacher, nearly loses himself in his attempts to understand one of the great untold stories in American history the adventures and subsequent suicide of Meriwether Lewis. Even as he struggles to illuminate that strange and exuberant time and falls under the spell of the elusively seductive persona of Capt. Lewis, Bill finds himself fighting his own personal crisis,...
Author
Pub. Date
c1989
Description
In 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set forth to explore and map the West, and forge a trade route to the Pacific coast. Though their adventures and contributions to American history are well known, a vital member of their team was nearly forgotten by time. Amid the soldiers, cartographers, and boatmen, one particular explorer in The Corps of Discovery stands out: Seaman, Captain Lewis's giant black Newfoundland dog. Seaman is more than a...
Author
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 15
Description
The author provides a solution - dark in its ramifications - to one of the greatest mysteries in American history: the terrible and unexplained death of Meriwether Lewis, age thirty-five, in the wilderness of the Natcez Trace of Tennessee in October 1809.
Author
Series
American story 1800-1860 volume 5
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Determined to map the uncharted miles between the Mississippi and the Pacific, Meriwether Lewis is frustrated by his duties as secretary to president Thomas Jefferson and teams up with friend William Clark on a dangerous journey.
Author
Description
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's expedition to the Pacific Ocean and back in the early part of the nineteenth century is one of the most famous journeys in American history. Previous accounts have largely romanticized the expedition, treating it as a great triumph. But was it? What really went on in the minds of these brave men and those who came with them? Novelist Brian Hall has been interested in Lewis and Clark for years and became convinced...
Author
Series
Manifest destiny volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Formats
Description
"In 1804, Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark set out on an expedition to explore the uncharted American frontier. This is the story of what they discovered lurking in the wilds."--P. [4] of cover.
11) The tumbler
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
When his Montana prairie home is besieged by out-of-towners pursuing a rumor about the lost journals of Lewis and Clark, Gabriel Du Pré finds himself having to protect loved ones who would become casualties of the search.
Author
Series
Manifest destiny volume 3
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
"Lewis & Clark's expedition ventures deeper into the heartland, where the discovery of a new arch leads them to make first contact with an unbelievable civilization that's like nothing else on Earth.".
14) Lewis & Clark
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Presents, in graphic novel format, the adventures of explorers Lewis and Clark during their journey from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean.
Author
Formats
Description
"The journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark remain the single most important document in the history of American exploration. This compact volume of their journals includes all of the most riveting tales of their adventure, in their own words." "Through these tales of adventure we see the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and western rivers the way Lewis and Clark first observed them - majestic, pristine, uncharted, and awe-inspiring. We...
Author
Series
Manifest destiny volume 5
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"Lewis and Clark hunker down for the winter, and all is calm...until old enemies emerge from the fog. Behind their fortified walls, the Corps of Discovery turn against each other, and Sacagawea's long-held mistrust of her companions manifests. After all, a mother will do anything to protect her child--especially from her demons."--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Manifest destiny volume 2
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
In 1804, Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark set out on an expedition to explore the uncharted American frontier. This is the story of what the monsters they discovered lurking in the wilds... In this second volume of the hit series, Lewis, Clark and the surviving members of their expedition continue westward, only to learn there is nowhere to run on the river...