{"product_id":"the-journals-of-lewis-and-clark-9780395859964","title":"The Journals of Lewis and Clark","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn in-depth look at Lewis and Clark's historic expedition through the explorers' journals--America's \"first report on the West\" (Bernard DeVoto, Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar-historian of the American West).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1803, the great expanse of the Louisiana Purchase was an empty canvas. Keenly aware that the course of the nation's destiny lay westward--and that a \"Voyage of Discovery\" would be necessary to determine the nature of the frontier--President Thomas Jefferson commissioned Meriwether Lewis to lead an expedition from the Missouri River to the northern Pacific coast and back. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 1804 to 1806, accompanied by co-captain William Clark, the Shoshone guide Sacajawea, and thirty-two men, Lewis mapped rivers, traced the principal waterways to the sea, and established the American claim to the territories of Idaho, Washington, and Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether the captains kept this journal: a richly detailed record of the flora and fauna they sighted, the native tribes they encountered, and the awe-inspiring landscape they traversed, from their base camp near present-day St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River, which has become an incomparable contribution to the literature of exploration and the writing of natural history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernard Devoto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Lewis \u0026amp; Clark Expedition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.32h x 5.48w x 1.37d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780395859964","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44148464484397,"sku":"9780395859964","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_34498445-bd92-46fa-8e3e-03d571ee8740.jpg?v=1757224610","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/the-journals-of-lewis-and-clark-9780395859964","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}