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Synopses & Reviews
Based on the world-class collection of expedition materials archived at Lewis & Clark College, this is the first comprehensive bibliography of publications about the Lewis and Clark expedition to be published in one hundred years.
The Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition is divided into seven sections: the expedition’s traveling library of scientific, technical, and cartographic materials (1754–1804); related congressional documents and early notices (1803–7); editions of Patrick Gass’s journal (1807–1904); surreptitious accounts (1809–46); the Biddle-Allen narrative of the expedition and other edited editions (1814–2001); nineteenth-century publications (1803–1905); and twentieth-century publications (1906–2001).
In each section introductory historical essays by Stephen Dow Beckham survey the large cast of characters who have contributed to the expedition story since the last years of the eighteenth century: legislators, scientists, explorers, journal writers, editors, publishers, printers, illustrators, cartographers, and collectors. The bibliographies for each section list all known publications related to the expedition, with fully annotated descriptions of primary texts. The book is lavishly illustrated with images from Lewis and Clark College’s collection: title pages, contemporary engravings, maps, contemporary newspaper reports, and manuscript journals.
Stephen Dow Beckham is Pamplin Professor of History at Lewis & Clark College and the author of such books as Requiem for a People: The Rogue Indians and the Frontiersmen and Many Faces: An Anthology of Oregon Autobiography. Doug Erickson is Head of Special Collections, Jeremy Skinner is an assistant archivist, and Paul Merchant is an editorial assistant, all at Lewis & Clark College.
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Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-301) and index.
Description
This new volume is the first comprehensive bibliography of Lewis and Clark Expedition publications in one hundred years.
The book is divided into seven sections: the expeditions traveling library of scientific, technical, and cartographic materials (1754-1804); related congressional documents and early notices (1803-1807); editions of Patrick Gasss journal (1807-1904); surreptitious accounts (1809-1846); the Biddle-Allen narrative of the expedition (1814-2001); nineteenth-century publications (1803-1905); twentieth-century publications (1906-2001).
Each section has introductory historical essays by Stephen Dow Beckham survey the large cast of characters who have contributed to the expedition story since the last years of the eighteenth century: legislators, scientists, explorers, journal writers, editors, publishers, printers, illustrators, cartographers, and collectors. All know publications are included and annotated.
The book is lavishly illustrated with images from Lewis & Clark Colleges collection: title pages, contemporary engravings, maps, contemporary newspaper reports, and manuscript journals.
The essays are by Stephen Dow Beckham, Pamplin Professor of History at Lewis & Clark College. The bibliography is by Doug Erickson, Head of Special Collections at Lewis & Clark College; Jeremy Skinner, Assistant Archivist at Lewis & Clark College; and Paul Merchant, Editorial Assistant.
About the Author
Stephen Dow Beckham is Pamplin Professor of History at Lewis & Clark College and the author of such books as Requiem for a People: The Rogue Indians and the Frontiersmen and Many Faces: An Anthology of Oregon Autobiography. Doug Erickson is Head of Special Collections, Jeremy Skinner is an assistant archivist, and Paul Merchant is an editorial assistant, all at Lewis & Clark College.