Prologue to Lewis and Clark
Subtitle: The Mackay and Evans Expedition
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: April 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780806136899
Subjects: Classic travel writing; Geographical discovery & exploration; Military - United States; History - General History; History; History - U.S.; United States - State & Local - West; History: American; Western & Pacific Coast states; United States - 18th Century; Expeditions & Discoveries; United States - 19th Century; United States - Revolutionary War
First sentence: By September 1806, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark had returned triumphantly and been greeted with much celebration after their three-year, eight-thousand-mile roundtrip trek across the North American continent.