{"product_id":"river-of-promise-9780874224153","title":"River of Promise","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the many published accounts of the Lewis and Clark expedition, historians have tended to undervalue the explorers’ encounter with Columbia River country. Historian David Nicandri shifts the focus to an essential goal of the explorers: to discover the headwaters of the Columbia and a water route to the Pacific Ocean.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is a pleasant surprise to find much that is new and important in David Nicandri's \u003ci\u003eRiver of Promise.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Oregon Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[Nicandri] brings a refreshing perspective and good advice: to read the expedition journals in context, to not take them at face value, to look at the details for fresh insights.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--\u003ci\u003eCrosscut\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword \u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cp\u003ePrologue The Voice of Meriwether Lewis\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 The Great River of the West \u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 Lessons in Continental Geography \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 Half Starved \u003cbr\u003eChapter 4 Not One Stick of Timber \u003cbr\u003eChapter 5 The New Sacagawea Myth \u003cbr\u003eChapter 6 Forks of the Columbia \u003cbr\u003eChapter 7 William Clark: Scientific Geographer \u003cbr\u003eChapter 8 Commerce and Pestilence in Indian Country \u003cbr\u003eChapter 9 The Illusion of Cape Disappointment \u003cbr\u003eChapter 10 Marooned \u003cbr\u003eChapter 11 The Solitary Hero \u003cbr\u003eChapter 12 End of Voyage \u003cbr\u003eChapter 13 Following Mackenzie, the Protocols of Exploration, and the Conventions of the Travel Narrative \u003cbr\u003eChapter 14 The \"Vote\" at Station Camp \u003cbr\u003eChapter 15 Winter's Delay \u003cbr\u003eChapter 16 The Return Voyage and the Dissolution of Meriwether Lewis\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue The Fidelity of William Clark \u003cbr\u003eConclusion Final Reflections on Lewis, Clark, and the Promise of the Columbia River \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements \u003cbr\u003eBibliography \u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Washington State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528307679575,"sku":"9780874224153","price":16.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780874224153.jpg?v=1731871150","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/river-of-promise-9780874224153","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}