The Unknown Travels and Dubious Pursuits of William Clark /

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In 1798--more than five years before he led the epic western journey that would make him and Meriwether Lewis national heroes--William Clark set off by flatboat from his Louisville, Kentucky, home with a cargo of tobacco and furs to sell downriver in Spanish New Orleans. He also carried with him a l...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Trogdon, Jo Ann (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Clark, William, > 1770-1838 > Diaries.
Clark, William, > 1770-1838 > Travel > West (U.S.)
Explorers > West (U.S.) > Diaries.
West (U.S.) > Description and travel.
West (U.S.) > Discovery and exploration.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • part I. A small adventure of tobacco, March 8 to April 23, 1798
  • part II. Important connections from New Orleans to Natchez and back again, April 24 to August 15, 1798
  • part III. The homeward journey, August 16 to December 24, 1798
  • part IV. More hardship and challenge, 1799 to 1807
  • Epilogue. The mammoth of iniquity escaped
  • So, did "nothing extraordinary" happen?

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