Bitterroot : : The Life and Death of Meriwether Lewis / / Patricia Tyson Stroud.
In America's early national period, Meriwether Lewis was a towering figure. Selected by Thomas Jefferson to lead the expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase, he was later rewarded by Jefferson with the governorship of the entire Louisiana Territory. Yet within three years, plagued by contr...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (392 p.) :; 12 color, 24 b/w illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Author’s Note
- Introduction
- 1. An Unexpected Proposal
- 2. Early Life
- 3. The Threat of War
- 4. Jefferson’s Choice
- 5. Cocaptain
- 6. Doctrine of Discovery
- 7. Under Way
- 8. The Teton Sioux
- 9. Fort Mandan
- 10. A “Darling” Project
- 11. Across the Rockies to the Pacific
- 12. The Return
- 13. Unspeakable Joy
- 14. Philadelphia Interlude
- 15. A Classic Cast of Characters
- 16. Land of Opportunity
- 17. Honor Questioned
- 18. Defamed
- 19. Jefferson’s Letter
- A Selection of Plants Collected by Meriwether Lewis
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments