Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West

Author: Ambrose, StephenBrand: Simon & SchusterEdition: First EditionFeatures: Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose Mapping the American West Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson The Louisiana Purchase Historical Expeditions Binding: PaperbackNumber Of Pages: 521Release Date: 02-06-1997Part Number: illustrationsDetails: From the New York Times bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, the definitive book on Lewis and Clark’s exploration of the Louisiana Purchase, the most momentous expedition in American history and one of the great adventure stories of all time. In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River to the Rockies, over the mountains, down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean, and back. Lewis and his partner, Captain William Clark, made the first map of the trans-Mississippi West, provided invaluable scientific data on the flora and fauna of the Louisiana Purchase territory, a