The Journals of Lewis and Clark
by Meriwether Lewis
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appears in History, Travel, and History.
The Journals of Lewis and Clark are "the first report on the West, on the United States over the hill and beyond the sunset, on the province of the American future" (Bernard DeVoto).In 1803, the great expanse of the Louisiana Purchase was an empty canvas. Keenly aware that the course of the nation's destiny lay westward?and that a "Voyage of Discov...
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appears in History, Travel, and History.
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