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Meriwether Lewis commanded the most important exploration mission in the early history of the United States. Clay Jenkinson takes a fresh look at Lewis, not to offer a paper cutout hero but to describe and explain a hyperserious young man of great complexity who found the wilderness of Upper Louisiana as exacting as it was exhilarating.

Table of Contents
FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

FRACTURED SOUL

CHAPTER I Getting There First

CHAPTER II Meriwether Lewis's Bad Day
Map

CHAPTER III Birthdays, Holidays, Anniversaries

CHAPTER IV Damn You: Lewis and Clark at the Confluence
Map

THE CHARACTER OF MERIWETHER LEWIS : Paintings by Michael Haynes

CHAPTER V The Problem of Silence

TIMELINE

CHAPTER VI What a Falling Off Was There
Map

CHAPTER VII Why?

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

NOTES

INDEX

The Character of Meriwether Lewis

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      Publisher: Washington State University Press
      Publication Date: 2/15/2022 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780874224160, 978-0874224160
      ISBN10: 0874224160
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Meriwether Lewis commanded the most important exploration mission in the early history of the United States. Clay Jenkinson takes a fresh look at Lewis, not to offer a paper cutout hero but to describe and explain a hyperserious young man of great complexity who found the wilderness of Upper Louisiana as exacting as it was exhilarating.

      Table of Contents
      FOREWORD

      INTRODUCTION

      FRACTURED SOUL

      CHAPTER I Getting There First

      CHAPTER II Meriwether Lewis's Bad Day
      Map

      CHAPTER III Birthdays, Holidays, Anniversaries

      CHAPTER IV Damn You: Lewis and Clark at the Confluence
      Map

      THE CHARACTER OF MERIWETHER LEWIS : Paintings by Michael Haynes

      CHAPTER V The Problem of Silence

      TIMELINE

      CHAPTER VI What a Falling Off Was There
      Map

      CHAPTER VII Why?

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      BIBLIOGRAPHY

      NOTES

      INDEX

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