The Journals of Lewis and Clark by Bernard DeVoto sojourner truth ISBN: 9781635868302

ISBN: 9781635868302

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The Journals of Lewis and Clark by Bernard DeVoto sojourner truth ISBN: 9781635868302An in depth look at Lewis and Clark's historic expedition through the explorers' journals America's "first report on the West" (Bernard DeVoto, Pulitzer Prize winning scholar historian of the American West). In 1803, the great expanse of the Louisiana Purchase was an empty canvas. Keenly aware that the course of the nation's destiny lay westward and that a "Voyage of Discovery" would be necessary to determine the nature of the frontier President