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Their names were meriwether lewis and william clark. Meriwether lewis, thomas jefferson, and the opening of the american west isbn 0684811073, written by stephen ambrose, is a 1996 biography of meriwether lewis of the lewis and clark expedition. Stephen ambrose, a preeminent historian, expertly fills in gaps from the personal accounts of lewis and clark, giving insight into their companions on the journey and the backdrop of the thenuncharted american west. Popular lewis and clark books showing 150 of 334 undaunted courage. Courage poems from famous poets and best courage poems to feel good. Serious scholars of the lewis and clark expe dition will not quibble over whether ambrose has written the definitive book on the expe dition. The undaunted courage the lewis and clark expedition. Undaunted courage by stephen ambrose makes the journey of lewis and clark come alive for the reader. This book relates that adventure from its inception through its completion as well as the effect the expedition had upon the history of the. The pioneering first mission to explore americas wild frontier paperback. Its still the bible of the subject and a fascinating account of the explorers as naturalists. F or almost 200 years, the explorers meriwether lewis 17741809 and william clark 17701838 have stood among. The title of the work is extremely fitting, because lewis and clark s contemporaries had no idea. Merriweather lewis, thomas jefferson and the opening of the american west, which chronicles the journey of lewis and clark from.

Lewis may have received a heros welcome on his return to washington in 1806, but his discoveries did not match the presidents fantasies of sweeping, fertile plains ripe for the taking. From the new york times bestselling author of band of brothers and dday, the definitive book on lewis and clarks exploration of the louisiana purchase, the. Meriwether lewis, thomas jefferson and the opening of the american west, author stephen e. Feeling the expedition had been a failure, lewis took to drink and piled up debts. Ambrose from the new york times bestselling author of band of brothers and dday, the definitive book on lewis and clark s.