AuthorDuncan, Dayton
TitleScenes of visionary enchantment [electronic resource] : reflections on Lewis and Clark / Dayton Duncan
Imprint Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2004
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Descript x, 202 p. ; 24 cm

CONTENT

An unsatisfied curiosity -- Great expectations : Lewis in Philadelphia -- Days of discovery -- Independence Creek -- The Alexander Hamilton Willard expedition -- Of hearths and home -- "This long wished for spot" -- "Seens of visionary inchantment" -- Meriwether Lewis's "curious adventure" -- "Toilsome days and wristless nights" -- "The most hospitable, honest and sincere people" -- Hallowed ground -- Meditations on a grave -- The view from the home front -- The Lewis and Clark guide to leadership -- We proceeded on -- "O! The joy" : trail advice for the modern explorer


SUBJECT

  1. Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
  2. West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration
  3. West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
  4. Explorers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
  5. Overland journeys to the Pacific
  6. Electronic books.