missouri river

Owen Duff, a civil engineer, is assigned to work on the Fort Peck Dam in Montana, a project that is born of President Roosevelt's New Deal, and must contend with his entire unruly Scottish-American family--brothers, sisters-in-law, and parents--while trying to tame the Missouri River.

Peter Lourie and his friends retraced the route of Lewis and Clark on the Missouri River to see how much the river has changed since the days of the explorers.

Joins the Lewis and Clark Expedition from the time it leaves camp near St. Louis in the spring of 1804 to travel up the Missouri River until its members settle for the winter near present-day Bismarck, South Dakota. Includes highlights and directions to historical points of interest.

Describes the author's trip up the Missouri River by canoe and motorboat and compares it to the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Explores the history and geological features of the Missouri River, the longest river in North America; discusses its wildlife, people and communities, trade, and industries; and looks at the river as a source of water, power, and entertainment.

A condensation of the journals kept by Meriwether Lewis and his co-captain William Clark during their 1804-1806 expedition to explore America's newly acquired Louisiana territory, a mission that took them from the Missouri River near St. Louis, to the northern Pacific coast and back.

The author presents an account of his experiences while retracing the historic Missouri River passage taken by explorers Lewis and Clark in 1804-1806 in search of an all-water route to the Pacific Ocean.

A one-volume abridgment of the twentyeight month wilderness journey of early American explorers Lewis and Clark.