The Essential Lewis and Clark

Lewis & Clark Expedition

Harper Perennial, 2002, Paperback

Product Description

The journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark remain the single most important document in the history of American exploration. Through these tales of adventure, edited and annotated by American Book Award nominee Landon Jones, we meet Indian peoples and see the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and western rivers the way Lewis and Clark first observed them — majestic, pristine, uncharted, and awe-inspiring.

Product Details

Title: The Essential Lewis and Clark (Lewis & Clark Expedition)
Sales Rank: 561171 in Books
Author: Landon Y. Jones
Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2002-03-01, Paperback, 224 pages, ISBN: 0060011599
Package Dimensions: 6.8 x 5 x 0.7 inches, 0.25 pounds

Customer Reviews

You Are There: This review refers to the Unabridged Audio Cassette edtion of "The Essential Lewis and Clark" Landon Y. Jones, editor
These selections from the journals of Captains Lewis and Clark during their explorations in the early 1800's is not the complete text of their writings, but after 6 hours of listening you will come away with more then 'essential… More reviews

If this were a movie you'd say it's a good story but...: ... but the events described in the journals actually happened, and they are fascinating! Their means of travel, of survival, of communicating with the Indians, of hunting game and chasing and being chased by bears -- all described in such detail that you can easily picture it. In addition to being adventurers, these men were romantics and intellectuals. It is no wonder that… More reviews

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Are you a Lewis and Clark buff, just starting out? You've read "Undaunted Courage" by Stephen Ambrose, and perhaps a couple other Lewis and Clark books. It's time to read the journals, but you are daunted by the thought of all that early 19th century wordiness, spelling and such?

Me too.

This book is great. It's just what it says… More reviews