Why Sacagawea Deserves the Day Off and Other Lessons from the Lewis and Clark Trail - Couverture souple

Tubbs, Stephenie Ambrose

 
9780803215856: Why Sacagawea Deserves the Day Off and Other Lessons from the Lewis and Clark Trail
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0803215851 ISBN 13 : 9780803215856
Editeur : Bison Books, 2008

Synopsis

More than two hundred years later, the "voyage of discovery"--with its outsized characters, geographic marvels, and wondrous moments of adventure and mystery--continues to draw us along the Lewis and Clark Trail. Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs first fell under the trail's spell at sixteen and has been following in Lewis and Clark's path ever since. In essays historical and personal, she revisits the Lewis and Clark Trail and its famous people, landmarks, and events, exploring questions the expedition continues to raise, such as, What really motivated Thomas Jefferson to send out his agents of discovery? What "mutinous expressions" were uttered? What happened to the dog? Why did Meriwether Lewis end his own life? In the resulting trip through history, Tubbs recounts her travels along the trail by foot, Volkswagen bus, and canoe--at every turn renewing the American experience inscribed by Lewis and Clark.

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À propos de l?auteur

Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs serves on the board of directors for the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center Foundation, the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, and the American Prairie Foundation. She is the coauthor of The Lewis and Clark Companion: An Encyclopedic Guide to the Voyage of Discovery.

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Éditeur
Bison Books
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0803215851
ISBN 13 
9780803215856
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
144
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Personne responsable
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