| Suicide Or Murder: The Strange Death Of Contributor(s): Fisher, Vardis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804006164 ISBN-13: 9780804006163 Publisher: Ohio University Press OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1993 Annotation: The death of Meriwether Lewis is one of the great mysteries of American history. Vardis Fisher meticulously reconstructs the events and presents his own version of the case with the precision and persuasiveness of a fine trial lawyer. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 93213102 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.55" W x 8.51" (0.76 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The death of Meriwether Lewis is one of the great mysteries of American history. Was he murdered at Grinder's Stand or did he commit suicide? Vardis Fisher meticulously reconstructs the events and presents his own version of the case with the precision and persuasiveness of a fine trial lawyer. But Fisher was also a great novelist and it is his sense of character that serves him best here. We know Lewis' complex sensibility as well as we know that of any man of his time - his Journals are so self-revealing, so exacting in the record they make of his musings, doubts, and elations. Fisher offers us this complex Lewis and, with equal perceptiveness, sets the rough, frontier scene at Grinder's Stand. The result is a fine mystery, well solved, that leans toward tragedy. |
