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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American Westby Stephen Ambrose
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At the heart of the immense and growing interest in Lewis and Clark in recent years stands this book. WWII historian Stephen Ambrose had long harbored a private obsession for the Expedition of the Corps of Discovery, and in Undaunted Courage he was able to capture this passion, successfully conveying it to countless readers across the country. Though Ambrose lends Lewis and Clark's story a sense of historical immediacy by quoting the original journals freely throughout, what makes this book so successful is Ambrose's readable, jargon-free writing style and his thriller-writer's talent for shaping a compelling story. Whatever the reason for its success, Undaunted Courage not only topped every national bestseller list, it also inspired a Ken Burns PBS documentary about Lewis and Clark, a second, beautifully produced Lewis and Clark book in conjunction with National Geographic (Lewis and Clark: Voyage of Discovery), as well as our current national fascination with the most famous and historically significant expedition in our history. Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:In this sweeping adventure story, Stephen E. Ambrose, the bestselling author of D-Day, presents the definitive account of one of the most momentous journeys in American history. Ambrose follows the Lewis and Clark Expedition from Thomas Jefferson's hope of finding a waterway to the Pacific, through the heart-stopping moments of the actual trip, to Lewis's lonely demise on the Natchez Trace. Along the way, Ambrose shows us the American West as Lewis saw it — wild, awesome, and pristinely beautiful. Undaunted Courage is a stunningly told action tale that will delight readers for generations.
Review:"Ambrose, his wife and five children have followed the footsteps of the Lewis and Clark expedition for 20 summers, in the course of which the explorer has become a friend of the Ambrose family; the author's affection shines through this narrative." Publishers Weekly
Review:"Specialists will appreciate this biography, but general readers will also be enthralled by Ambrose's well-written account." Library Journal
Review:"Stephen Ambrose is that rare breed: a historian with true passion for his subject. Here he takes one of the great, but also one of the most superficially considered, stories in American history and breathes fresh life into it. Lewis comes alive as we've never known him." Ken Burns
Review:"Ambrose's epic, a combination of rhapsody and reality, feels like a final glimpse at a pristine Eden before the crowd of trappers and settlers altered it forever." Booklist
Review:"This lively survey of Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the opening of the American West is recommended both for leisure readers of American history and for students." Midwest Book Review
About the AuthorStephen E. Ambrose is the author of numerous books, including the New York Times bestseller D-Day and multi-volume biographies of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. He is founder of the Eisenhower Center and President of the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans. He lives in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and Helena, Montana.
Table of ContentsContents
INTRODUCTION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1 Youth 1774-1792 2 Planter 1792-1794 3 Soldier 1794-1800 4 Thomas Jefferson's America 1801 5 The President's Secretary 1801-1802 6 The Origins of the Expedition 1750-1802 7 Preparing for the Expedition January-June 1803 8 Washington to Pittsburgh June-August 1803 9 Down the Ohio September-November 1803 10 Up the Mississippi to Winter Camp November 1803-March 1804 11 Ready to Depart April-May 21, 1804 12 Up the Missouri May-July 1804 13 Entering Indian Country August 1804 14 Encounter with the Sioux September 1804 15 To the Mandans Fall 1804 16 Winter at Fort Mandan December 21, 1804-March 21, 1805 17 Report from Fort Mandan March 22-April 6, 1805 18 From Fort Mandan to Marias River April 7-June 2, 1805 19 From Marias River to the Great Falls June 3-June 20, 1805 20 The Great Portage June 16-July 14, 805 21 Looking for the Shoshones July 15-August 12, 1805 22 Over the Continental Divide August 13-August 31, 1805 23 Lewis as Ethnographer: The Shoshones 24 Over the Bitterroots September 1-October 6, 1805 25 Down the Columbia October 8-December 7, 1805 26 Fort Clatsop December 8, 1805-March 23, 1806 27 Lewis as Ethnographer: The Clatsops and the Chinooks 28 Jefferson and the West 1804-1806 29 Return to the Nez Percé March 23-June 9, 1806 30 The Lolo Trail June I O-July 2, 1806 31 The Marias Exploration July 3-July 28, 1806 32 The Last Leg July 29-September 22, 1806 33 Reporting to the President September 23-December 31, 1806 34 Washington January-March 1807 35 Philadelphia April-July 1807 36 Virginia August 1806-March 1807 37 St. Louis March-December 1808 38 St. Louis January-August 1809 39 Last Voyage September 3-October 11, 1809 40 Aftermath NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX MAPS The Lewis and Clark Expedition Up the Missouri Headwaters of the Missouri Crossing the Bitterroot Mountains Exploring the Mouth of the Columbia f0 Traveler's Rest
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