William Clark and the shaping of the West
By: by Landon Y. Jones.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
Subjects: Clark, William, 1770-1838.; Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818.; Clark family.; Explorers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.; Governors -- Missouri -- Biography.; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1750-1815.; Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1815-1875.; Indians of North America -- Wars -- West (U.S.); West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Between 1803 and 1806, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark co-captained the most famous expedition in American history. But while Lewis ended his life just three years later, Clark, as the highest-ranking federal official in the West, spent three decades overseeing the expedition's consequences: Indian removal and the destruction of Native America. In a combination of story-telling and scholarship, author Landon Y. Jones presents Clark's life and career in their full complexity."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-373) and index.