| The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery: The Abridgement of the Definitive Nebraska Edition Library Edition Contributor(s): Moulton, Gary E. (Author), Cullen, Patrick (Read by) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0786184574 ISBN-13: 9780786184576 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: August 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Expeditions & Discoveries - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 917.804 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.24" W x 7.46" (0.25 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Following orders from President Thomas Jefferson, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out from their wintering camp in Illinois in 1804 to search for a river passage to the Pacific Ocean. This is the riveting account of their journey. In their own words, recorded in the famous journals of Lewis and Clark, the members of the Corps of Discovery tell their story with an immediacy and power missing from secondhand accounts. All of their triumphs and terrors are here: the thrill of seeing the vast herds of bison, the fear the captains felt when Sacagawea fell ill, the ordeal of crossing the Continental Divide. The natural wonders of an unspoiled America are here, and the lives and customs of its native peoples also vividly come to life, making for a living drama that is humorous, poignant and, at least once, tragic. Editor Gary E. Moulton blends the narrative highlights of his definitive Nebraska edition of the Lewis and Clark journals to bring forth the voices of the enlisted men and of the Native Americans, heard for the first time alongside the words of the captains. |
Contributor Bio(s): Moulton, Gary E.: - Gary E. Moulton is Thomas C. Sorensen Professor of American History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His editing of the Lewis and Clark journals earned him the J. Franklin Jameson Award of the American Historical Association and the Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award from the University of Nebraska. Cullen, Patrick: -Patrick Cullen (a.k.a. John Lescault), a native of Massachusetts, is a graduate of the Catholic University of America. He lives in Washington, DC, where he works in theater. |