{"product_id":"the-journals-of-lewis-and-clark-1","title":"THE JOURNALS OF LEWIS AND CLARK","description":"An 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).\nIn 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.\nFrom 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.\nTogether 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.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0395859964\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 4EKGU9007O15_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Meriwether Lewis|William Clark\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41510604537914,"sku":"4EKGU9007O15_ns","price":5.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0395859964-0_9688fc3c-5b1e-4ff1-ba52-97c6a3c36dad.jpg?v=1783448515","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-journals-of-lewis-and-clark-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}