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9780684811079

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
0684811073
ISBN-13
9780684811079
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102973358

Product Key Features

Book Title
Undaunted Courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
Number of Pages
512 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1996
Topic
United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / 19th Century, Adventurers & Explorers, Presidents & Heads of State, Expeditions & Discoveries
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Stephen E. Ambrose
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
25.6 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in

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LCCN
95-037146
Dewey Edition
22
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MICHAEL BESCHLOSS "Only Stephen Ambrose, with his love of the Northwest and his deep understanding of the American past, clould have written this luminous and lyrical book. Undaunted Courage is at once a tale of mythic proportions, a poignant human drama, and an essential piece of our history that allows the reader to be a silent and fascinated passenger on the fateful journey of Lewis and Clark.", MICHAEL BESCHLOSS"Only Stephen Ambrose, with his love of the Northwest and his deep understanding of the Americanpast, clould have written this luminous and lyrical book.Undaunted Courageis at once a tale of mythic proportions, a poignant human drama, and an essential piece of our history that allows the reader to be a silent and fascinated passenger on the fateful journey of Lewis and Clark.", KEN BURNS"Stephen Ambrose is that rare breed: a historian with true passion for his subject. Here he takes one of the great, but also one of the most superficially considered, stories in American history and breathes fresh life into it. Lewis comes alive as we've never known him.", DAYTON DUNCAN Author of Out West "Stephen Ambrose had combined his considerable taslents as an historian with his personal enthusiasm for the Lewis and Clark expedition to bring to life one of America's greatest-and most enigmatic-explorers. Undaunted Courage puts you in Meriwether Lewis's moccasins, all the way across the great American West.", Ken BurnsStephen Ambrose is that rare breed: a historian with true passion for his subject. Here he takes one of the great, but also one of the most superficially considered, stories in American history and breathes fresh life into it. Lewis comes alive as we've never known him., KEN BURNS "Stephen Ambrose is that rare breed: a historian with true passion for his subject. Here he takes one of the great, but also one of the most superficially considered, stories in American history and breathes fresh life into it. Lewis comes alive as we've never known him."
Dewey Decimal
917.8042
Synopsis
From the 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, and established the American claim to Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Ambrose has pieced together previously unknown information about weather, terrain, and medical knowledge at the time to provide a vivid backdrop for the expedition. Lewis is supported by a rich variety of colorful characters, first of all Jefferson himself, whose interest in exploring and acquiring the American West went back thirty years. Next comes Clark, a rugged frontiersman whose love for Lewis matched Jefferson's. There are numerous Indian chiefs, and Sacagawea, the Indian girl who accompanied the expedition, along with the French-Indian hunter Drouillard, the great naturalists of Philadelphia, the French and Spanish fur traders of St. Louis, John Quincy Adams, and many more leading political, scientific, and military figures of the turn of the century. High adventure, high politics, suspense, drama, and diplomacy combine with high romance and personal tragedy to make this outstanding work of scholarship as readable as a novel., From the bestselling author of the definitive book on D-Day comes the definitive book on 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 was the perfect choice. He endured incredible hardships and saw incredible sights, including vast herds of buffalo and Indian tribes that had had no previous contact with white men. He 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, and established the American claim to Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Ambrose has pieced together previously unknown information about weather, terrain, and medical knowledge at the time to provide a colorful and realistic backdrop for the expedition. Lewis saw the North American continent before any other white man; Ambrose describes in detail native peoples, weather, landscape, science, everything the expedition encountered along the way, through Lewis's eyes.Lewis is supported by a rich variety of colorful characters, first of all Jefferson himself, whose interest in exploring and acquiring the American West went back thirty years. Next comes Clark, a rugged frontiersman whose love for Lewis matched Jefferson's. There are numerous Indian chiefs, and Sacagawea, the Indian girl who accompanied the expedition, along with the French-Indian hunter Drouillard, the great naturalists of Philadelphia, the French and Spanish fur traders of St. Louis, John Quincy Adams, and many more leading political, scientific, and military figures of the turn of the century.This is a book about a hero. This is a book about national unity. But it is also a tragedy. When Lewis returned to Washington in the fall of 1806, he was a national hero. But for Lewis, the expedition was a failure. Jefferson had hoped to find an all-water route to the Pacific with a short hop over the Rockies-Lewis discovered there was no such passage. Jefferson hoped the Louisiana Purchase would provide endless land to support farming-but Lewis discovered that the Great Plains were too dry. Jefferson hoped there was a river flowing from Canada into the Missouri-but Lewis reported there was no such river, and thus no U.S. claim to the Canadian prairie. Lewis discovered the Plains Indians were hostile and would block settlement and trade up the Missouri. Lewis took to drink, engaged in land speculation, piled up debts he could not pay, made jealous political enemies, and suffered severe depression.High adventure, high politics, suspense, drama, and diplomacy combine with high romance and personal tragedy to make this outstanding work of scholarship as readable as a novel.
LC Classification Number
F592.7.A49 1996

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  • by wwiipro0
    11 May, 2025Top favourable review

    Ambrose does an amazing job putting you into the expedition with Lewis and Clark, this has had a great influence on my life and I am pleased to share.

    This is my favorite book, I purchased this copy for a friend and it a great purchase, it did not come with the jacket but that was noted in the description. Item was in great condition and was a great value.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: jensonbooksinc

  • by jeasp42
    06 Feb, 2024

    For Those That Love History of the Westward Expansion

    Full disclosure: this will make the fourth copy I’ve bought. This is such a compelling biographically and historically accurate account of the great Lewis and Clark Expedition. The expedition actually began several years before the launch, with much planning and preparations such as learning how to draw, detail, and classify plant and wildlife they would encounter that had not been seen by people east of the Mississippi. The book is detailed and taken from actual journals and accounts. The reason I bought my 4th copy is that I’ve given the others to friends and family that have shown interest in our travels along the Lewis and Clark trails from St Louis to the Pacific Ocean. This is a great book. Stephen Ambrose is a historian with a knack for keeping it interesting.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: second.sale

  • by GMmbCQwdTCC@Deleted
    02 Jan, 2020

    Compelling read!

    It is an excellent historical novel. Just wish the print was larger in the book I purchased. If you have an interest in the topic, you will enjoy Ambrose's writing.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: discover-books

  • by harr1937
    20 Oct, 2021

    Amazing Book

    Had an old paperback but this was worthy of owning this book in hardback. Has to be one of the best books I have ever read, and I have read many. Includes information on what went into the expedition, the many obstacles and interactions with the many Indian tribes along their amazing journey.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: mtwyouth

  • by jan_patto
    02 Jun, 2021

    foundational history that inspires gratitude

    It's a hefty read, detailed, but true. Real people, real human nature, adventure, tragedy. Americans would do well to understand how the expansion west happened.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned

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