When Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the "Corp of Discovery" left St. Louis, Missouri, on May 21, 1804, their mission was to explore the vast, unknown territory acquired a year earlier in the Lou
A biography of the co-leader of the 1804-1806 Lewis and Clark expedition into the unmapped American West, including his early life and the formation of the Corps of Discovery.
The story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the Corps of Discovery is well-known to Americans. While much has been written about Meriwether Lewis the explorer, much less is known about Lewis the m
In a well-researched biography, independent scholars Danisi and Jackson clear up some misconceptions about explorer Lewis' life before and after the famed Lewis and Clark expedition to the Pacific Nor
Volume 2 of the classic edition of Lewis and Clark's day-by-day journals that later became the basis for U.S. claims to Oregon and the West. Accurate and invaluable geographical, botanical, biological
