Undaunted Courage
Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
by Steven Ambrose
The Lewis and Clark Expedition was the Moon Landing of its time, and yet by
the late 1800s, the story had almost disappeared from the American
consciousness. Much of this can be laid to the fact the Meriwether Lewis
never published his account of the expedition. Had he, many of the names of
the geographic features, flora and fauna would be different and Lewis would
probably be known as a great naturalist second only to Charles Darwin. As it
happened, much of what he’d already described had been rediscovered prior to
the publication of his notes. This is the definitive book of the most
momentous expedition in American history and one of the great adventure
stories of all time. Illustrated with B&W photos and maps.
This is not a true first edition which is an expensive commodity. However,
it is close for an apparent book club edition -- it contains the full print
line (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1) on copyright page, and Line 1 on pp. 134 with
the "salt port" typo instead of salt pork. There are bar codes on back
cover - only one with number line. There is no dust jacket price.
Simon & Schuster, New York, 1996, 511 pages, 6 ½” x 9 ½”, brown boards with
brown spine and gold lettering, illustrated.
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