The fate of the corps : what became of the Lewis and Clark explorers after the expedition /

Mostrar otras versiones (1)

"Combines adventure, mystery, and tragedy ... a 'Who's Who' of explorers who opened the pathway for an ocean-to-ocean America." 'St. Joseph News-Press (Missouri) The story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition has been told many times. But what became of the thirty-three me...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morris, Larry E., 1951- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2004]
Temas:
Lewis, Meriwether, > 1774-1809.
Lewis, Meriwether, > 1774-1809 > Friends and associates.
Clark, William, > 1770-1838.
Clark, William, > 1770-1838 > Friends and associates.
Lewis, Meriwether, > 1774-1809 > Amis et relations.
Clark, William, > 1770-1838 > Amis et relations.
Clark, William, > 1770-1838
Lewis, Meriwether, > 1774-1809
Lewis and Clark Expedition > (1804-1806)
Expédition de Lewis et Clark > (1804-1806)
Explorers > West (U.S.) > Biography.
Explorateurs > États-Unis (Ouest) > Biographies.
TRAVEL > General.
TRAVEL.
HISTORY > General.
Explorers
Friendship
Ontdekkingsreizigers.
West United States
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chronology
  • Prologue
  • "We descended with great velocity" The triumphant return of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
  • "All the red men are my children" Lewis and Sheheke's visit to Thomas Jefferson
  • "They appeared in violent rage" Pryor and Shannon's battle with the Arikara
  • "He saw the prairie behind him covered with Indians in full and rapid chase" The adventures of John Colter
  • "This has not been done through malice" George Drouillard's murder trial
  • "The gloomy and savage wilderness" The mysterious death of Meriwether Lewis
  • "I give and recommend my soul" The deaths of George Gibson, Jean-Baptiste Lepage, and John Shields
  • "A sincere and undisguised heart" George Shannon's early career
  • "He must have fought in a circle on horseback" George Drouillard's death at the hands of the Blackfeet
  • "Water as high as the trees" William Bratton and John Ordway and the Great Earthquake.
  • "She was a good and the best woman in the Fort" Sacagawea's death
  • "The crisis is fast approaching" The Corps and the War of 1812
  • "We lost in all fourteen killed" John Collins and Toussaint Charbonneau among the mountain men
  • "Taken with the cholera in Tennessee and died" The sad fate of York
  • "Men on Lewis & Clark's trip" William Clark's accounting of Expedition members
  • "Active to the last" The final decades of the Corps
  • Appendix A. Members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
  • Appendix B. The death of Meriwether Lewis
  • Appendix C. The Sacagawea controversy.

Ejemplares similares