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Pictures, period illustrations, and maps adorn the pages of Ambrose's coffee-table record of the Lewis & Clark expedition. Following Undaunted Courage, his bestselling biography of Merriweather Lewis, Voyage of Discovery offers a more general story that is peppered with Ambrose's contemporary input. The author's personal narrative is well researched he and his family, avid Lewis and Clark enthusiasts, spend their summers tracing the path made famous by the two explorers. Ambrose has devoted over thirty years of his own life studying the lives of Lewis and Clark; his knowledge and experience are made neatly available in a book that contains valuable insight and Sam Abell's outstanding photography.
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Lewis & Clark
Probably no one knows more about Meriwether Lewis and William Clark than bestselling author and historian Stephen Ambrose, and Lewis & Clark: Voyage of Discovery reflects his superb command of -- and deep affection for -- this epic American journey.
Highlighted by Sam Abell's stunning photographs, this engrossing historical narrative interweaves choice entries from the explorers' journals with the author's own latter-day chronicle of how he and his family continue to discover the Trail today.
Here is the whole extraordinary saga, from its visionary spark in Thomas Jefferson's mind to the expedition itself, with its hardships and adventures. Ambrose's own observations offer a modern look at the land and those who live in it, including the Native American descendants of the tribes who stood between Lewis and Clark and the Pacific Ocean.
Superlative history, breathtaking photography, and an epic tale of exploration, endurance, and enterprise -- the classic ingredients that readers everywhere have come to expect from National Geographic.
Synopsis
Lewis & Clark
Probably no one knows more about Meriwether Lewis and William Clark than bestselling author and historian Stephen Ambrose, and Lewis & Clark: Voyage of Discovery reflects his superb command of -- and deep affection for -- this epic American journey.
Highlighted by Sam Abell's stunning photographs, this engrossing historical narrative interweaves choice entries from the explorers' journals with the author's own latter-day chronicle of how he and his family continue to discover the Trail today.
Here is the whole extraordinary saga, from its visionary spark in Thomas Jefferson's mind to the expedition itself, with its hardships and adventures. Ambrose's own observations offer a modern look at the land and those who live in it, including the Native American descendants of the tribes who stood between Lewis and Clark and the Pacific Ocean.
Superlative history, breathtaking photography, and an epic tale of exploration, endurance, and enterprise -- the classic ingredients that readers everywhere have come to expect from National Geographic.