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Fritz demonstrates how a series of unrelated events converged to make the Lewis and Clark expedition-and America's dream of westward expansion-a reality.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword by Linda S. Frey Preface Chronology of Events The Lewis and Clark Expedition Explained Prologue Through the Mandan Winter Across the Plains and Over the Rockies The Columbia and Clatsop Winter Homeward Bound Science and Ethnology Epilogue Biographies Primary Documents Glossary of Selected Terms Annotated Bibliography Index

About the Author

HARRY WILLIAM FRITZ is Professor and Chair of the Department of History at the University of Montana, Missoula.

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"This scholarly introduction to the Lewis and Clark Expedition would be a fine starting place for someone interested in making a thorough study....[a]n important addition where research and interest in Lewis and Clark is extensive."-VOYA

?This scholarly introduction to the Lewis and Clark Expedition would be a fine starting place for someone interested in making a thorough study....[a]n important addition where research and interest in Lewis and Clark is extensive.?-VOYA