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I highly recommend the book “Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West” by Stephen Ambrose. It truly brings th
by joshuamcginnis 1y ago
I highly recommend the book “Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West” by Stephen Ambrose. It truly brings the Lewis and Clark expedition to life. Of particular note for me was how much personal time Thomas Jefferson spent with Meriwhether Lewis in preparing him for the expedition. Jefferson spent so much time with Lewis that he was able to notice that Lewis had acquired his father’s depression but that Lewis did a good job of covering it up and not letting it interfere with his mission. There’s just so much fascinating history associated with the story. Kudos to these students for keeping this great American event achievement alive!
- tastyfreeze 1y agoCame to say the same. Superb immersive writing.
- devilbunny 1y agoAmong their other fine services provided to the public, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln hosts a free, one-webpage-per-day version of the collected diaries of Lewis and Clark, heavily cross-referenced. If you want to have some hint of how it was to be them, crossing unknown territory peopled by strangers, you could hardly do better. However, if you did manage to do better, it would probably be with Dale Morgan's Jedediah Smith and the Opening of the West, which was published by... the University of Nebraska Press.