Description: The Journals of Lewis and Clark Edited by BERNARD DeVOTO When the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803, our manifest national destiny was estab-lished. From that moment the path to our future drove westward across unknown thousands of miles. Thomas Jefferson read the signs with his customary acuteness and in 1804 he commis sioned his young secretary, Meriwether Lewis, and William Clark, both officers in the Army, to explore our new domain by making their way to the sources of the Missouri and thence, if possible, to the Pacific coast. Including LEWIS AND CLARK a brief account of their expedition UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Stewart L. Udall, Secretary BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT Karl S. Landstrom, Director May 1962
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Binding: Hardcover
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Author: Bernard DeVoto
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Topic: North America
Subject: Exploration & Travel
