Lewis and Clark Expedition

The Lewis and Clark expedition (1804–1806) was the first United States overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back, lead by Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark.

Further reading

History

• Lewis and Clark Among the Indians, James P. Ronda, 1984 - ISBN 0803238703
• Undaunted Courage, Stephen Ambrose, 1997 - ISBN 0684826976
• National Geographic Guide to the Lewis & Clark Trail, Thomas Schmidt, 2002 - ISBN 0792264711
• The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery (abridged), edited by Gary E. Moulton, 2003 - ISBN 080322950X
• The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 13-Volume Set, edited by Gary E. Moulton, 2002 - ISBN 0803229488
• The complete text of the Lewis and Clark Journals online, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (in progress)
• Online text of the Expedition's Journal at Project Gutenberg
• In Search of York: The Slave Who Went to the Pacific With Lewis and Clark, Robert B. Betts, 2002 - ISBN 0870817140

Notable fiction

These popular fictionalized historical novels have varying degrees of historical accuracy, which is unfortunate as they shaped much of the popular American understanding of the expedition.

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• The Conquest, Eva Emery Dye, 1902 - out of print
• Sacajawea, Grace Hebard, 1933 - out of print
• Sacajawea, Anna Lee Waldo, 1984 - ISBN 0380842939
• I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company, Brian Hall, 2003 - ISBN 0670031895
• From Sea to Shining Sea, James Alexander Thom, 1986 - ISBN 0345334515