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Books : The Essential Lewis and Clark (Lewis & Clark Expedition)In association with Amazon.comby: Landon Y. Jones  List Price: $13.95 Amazon.com's Price: $12.21 You Save: $1.74 (12%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 900 EAN: 9780060011598 ISBN: 0060011599 Label: Harper Perennial Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: March 01, 2002 Publisher: Harper Perennial Release Date: March 19, 2002 Studio: Harper Perennial Sales Rank: 266915 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: The journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark remain the single most important document in the history of American exploration. Through these tales of adventure, edited and annotated by American Book Award nominee Landon Jones, we meet Indian peoples and see the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and western rivers the way Lewis and Clark first observed them -- majestic, pristine, uncharted, and awe-inspiring. Average Rating:
 Rating: - You Are ThereThis review refers to the Unabridged Audio Cassette edtion of "The Essential Lewis and Clark" Landon Y. Jones, editor These selections from the journals of Captains Lewis and Clark during their explorations in the early 1800's is not the complete text of their writings, but after 6 hours of listening you will come away with more then 'essential ' knowledge of what took place. The selections will take you the entire distance of this important and historical journey, and you will feel ... Read More Rating: - If this were a movie you'd say it's a good story but...... but the events described in the journals actually happened, and they are fascinating! Their means of travel, of survival, of communicating with the Indians, of hunting game and chasing and being chased by bears -- all described in such detail that you can easily picture it. In addition to being adventurers, these men were romantics and intellectuals. It is no wonder that once their journals reached the east, people started coming west in droves to see the beautiful lands and abundant game they ... Read More Rating: - All the good stuffAre you a Lewis and Clark buff, just starting out? You've read "Undaunted Courage" by Stephen Ambrose, and perhaps a couple other Lewis and Clark books. It's time to read the journals, but you are daunted by the thought of all that early 19th century wordiness, spelling and such? Me too. This book is great. It's just what it says it is. All the good stuff from Lewis and Clark's copious journals, all the highlights, well edited. The value of this book is as a starting place, ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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