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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American Westby Stephen E. Ambrose
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River, across the forbidding Rockies, and — by way of the Snake and mighty Columbia — down to the Pacific Ocean. Lewis and his partner, Captain William Clark, endured incredible hardships and witnessed astounding sights. With great perseverance, they worked their way into an unexplored West and when they returned two years later, they had long since been given up for dead.
Lewis is supported by a variety of colorful characters: Jefferson and his vision of the West; Clark, the artist and map-maker; and Lewis — the enigma, who led brilliantly but considered the mission a failure. After suffering several periods of depression — and despite his status as national hero — Lewis died mysteriously, apparently by his own hand. About the AuthorStephen E. Ambrose is the author of Nothing Like It In The World, Citizen Soldiers, Band of Brothers, and D-Day, as well as of biographies of Presidents Eisenhower and 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.
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