Plants on the trail with Lewis and Clark
By: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent ; photographs by William Muñoz.
Contributors: Muñoz, William, ill.
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: Botany -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; Plant collecting -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; Natural history -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; Botany -- West (U.S.); Natural history -- West (U.S.); West (U.S.) -- Description and travel -- Juvenile literature.; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Describes the journey of Lewis and Clark through the western United States, focusing on the plants they cataloged, their uses for food and medicine, and the plant lore of Native American people.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 88-90) and index.
Table of contents: title: Jefferson, Lewis, and plants; title: The importance of trees; title: Plants as food; title: Wildflowers and their uses; title: The fate of Lewis's specimens.