| By His Own Hand? The Mysterious Death of Meriweather Lewis Contributor(s): Guice, John D. W. (Author), West, Elliott (Foreword by), Jenkinson, Clay S. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0806138513 ISBN-13: 9780806138510 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 Annotation: Before dawn on October 11, 1809, Meriwether Lewis, coleader of the epic Lewis and Clark Expedition, died from two gunshot wounds. No one witnessed the shooting at a crude inn along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee. But people on the scene shortly afterward concluded that the then-governor of Upper Louisiana had taken his own life. William Clark and Thomas Jefferson agreed. For two centuries the question has persisted: Was Lewis's death a suicide, an accident, or a homicide? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Adventurers & Explorers - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 6.26" W x 8.48" (0.52 lbs) 202 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Geographic Orientation - Tennessee - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
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| Publisher Description: For two centuries the question has persisted: Was Meriwether Lewis's death a suicide, an accident, or a homicide? By His Own Hand? is the first book to carefully analyze the evidence and consider the murder-versus-suicide debate within its full historical context. The historian contributors to this volume follow the format of a postmortem court trial, dissecting the case from different perspectives. A documents section permits readers to examine the key written evidence for themselves and reach their own conclusions. |
Contributor Bio(s): Holmberg, James J.: - James J. Holmberg is curator of special collections for the Filson Historical Society in Louisville, Kentucky, and editor of Dear Brother: Letters of William Clark to Jonathan Clark. Gary E. Moulton is editor of The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He resides in Lincoln, Nebraska. Buckley, Jay H.: - Jay H. Buckley is Associate Professor of History at Brigham Young University, coauthor of By His Own Hand? The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis, and author of William Clark: Indian Diplomat.Guice, John D. W.: -John D. W. Guice, Professor of History, University of Southern Mississippi, and author of the Foreword, says of Everett Dick's The Dixie Frontier, that "persons interested in the American heritage should read it because it is a 'people' book-one about the daily lives of Southern men, women, and children who pushed into the lands beyond the Appalachian Mountains." |