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Author Danisi, Thomas, 1951-

Title Meriwether Lewis / Thomas C. Danisi & John C. Jackson ; foreword by Robert J. Moore, Jr.

Publication Info. Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2009.

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Location Call No. Status
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  917.8042 DAN    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Biographies  B LEWIS    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  B LEWIS DAN    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  B LEWIS    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Biographies  B LEWIS    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Biographies  BIOG LEWIS, MERIWETHER    Check Shelf
Description 424 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-401) and index.
Contents Prelude to a great adventure -- Presage of the garden -- Organizing a western journey -- Trouble in the expedition's blood -- A field scientist and the American philosophical society -- Return to St. Louis -- Welcome and unwelcome regards -- The seeds of a masterpiece -- Lewis in love -- The shadow of Aaron Burr -- Taking over as governor -- Reflections in a Cesspool -- Nails in a coffin -- Beginning a fatal slide -- Documents of a decline -- Appointment with destiny -- Last journey -- Devils in the blood -- Echoes of a tragedy -- Meriwether Lewis: observations and reflections.
Subject Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809.
Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.
West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration.
Explorers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
Clark, William, 1770-1838.
Added Author Jackson, John C., 1931-2015
ISBN 9781591027027 (cloth : acid-free paper)
1591027020 (cloth : acid-free paper)
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