Undaunted Courage
Subtitle: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: June 2, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9780684826974
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Geographical discovery & exploration; United States - 19th Century; History - U.S; Explorers; History; United States; History: World; USA; United States - 19th Century/Old West; History / United States / General; Biography; (1804-1806); 1774-1809; Lewis and Clark Expedition; Lewis, Meriwether,
First sentence: From the west-facing window of the room in which Meriwether Lewis was born on August 18, 1774, one could look out at Rockfish Gap, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, an opening to the West that invited exploration.