lewis, meriwether

Discusses the importance the journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were during their exploration of the West and how their writings were able to describe new plants and animals for scientists.

Explores the lives of explorers Lewis and Clark, who manned the first American overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back. Outlines the progression of their journey and examines what it meant to the country as a whole.

The history of the journey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who set out from a camp just upstream from St. Louis in 1804 at the request of President Thomas Jefferson, to search for the fabled Northwest Passage to the Pacific.

Contains excerpts from the travel journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.

Follows the achievements of explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, and the other members of their expedition.

Readers learn the highs and lows of the journey of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery through the Louisana Territory, as well as how different people saw the expedition from different perspectives.

Archival photos, period accounts and extensive use of their journals bring the trials and triumphs of Lewis & Clark's long trip to life, and revealing interviews with noted historians provide a glimpse at the men who led the epic journey.

Looks at the lives of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, focusing on the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-1806.