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1 online resource (xviii, 284 pages) : illustrations, map |
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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 |
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"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 |
| Summary |
"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 members of the Corps of Discovery once the expedition was over' The expedition ended in 1806, and the final member of the corps passed away in 1870. In the intervening decades, members of the corps witnessed the momentous events of the nation they helped to form'from the War of 1812 to the Civil War and the opening of the transcontinental railroad. Some of the expedition members went on to hold public office; two were charged with murder. Many of the explorers could not resist the call of the wild and continued to adventure forth into America's western frontier. Engagingly written and based on exhaustive research, The Fate of the Corps chronicles the lives of the fascinating men (and one woman) who opened the American West. "A fascinating afterword to the expedition ... demands inclusion in the canon of essential Lewis and Clark books."'Seattle Post-Intelligencer "Succinct, clear style ... The diverse fates of the members of the expedition ... give the feel of a Greek epic."'Santa Fe New Mexican |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809
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Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 -- Friends and associates
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Clark, William, 1770-1838
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Clark, William, 1770-1838 -- Friends and associates
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Clark, William, 1770-1838 fast |
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Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 fast |
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Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84018492
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Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806) fast |
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Explorers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
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TRAVEL -- General.
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TRAVEL.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Explorers
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Friendship
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Ontdekkingsreizigers.
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West United States
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780300130249 |
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0300130244 |
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1281722480 |
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9781281722485 |
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9786611722487 |
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6611722483 |
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