Del Norte Public Library

Relive an amazing tale of discovery and exploration as National Geographic brings to life the first crossing. Two hundred years after Lewis & Clark epic journey, go back in time and discover the adventure, danger, and beauty of the unmapped West.

Describes the expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the unknown western regions of America at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Includes facsimiles of journal entries, maps, and letters inserted in folders and under flaps.

"When Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bill Dedman noticed a property listing for a grand estate that had been unoccupied for nearly sixty years, he stumbled into one of the most surprising American stories of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Empty Mansions is a rich tale of wealth and loss, complete with copper barons, Gilded Age opulence, and backdoor politics. At its heart is a reclusive 104-year-old heiress named Huguette Clark. Dedman...

Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the opening of the American West.

When his Montana prairie home is besieged by out-of-towners pursuing a rumor about the lost journals of Lewis and Clark, Gabriel Du Pré finds himself having to protect loved ones who would become casualties of the search.

Traces the lives of Lewis and Clark from their youth to their successful return from exploring the American West.

A one-volume abridgment of the twenty-eight month wilderness journey of early American explorers Lewis and Clark.

An introduction to the lives of Lewis and Clark and to the exploratory expedition they led from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean in the early nineteenth century.

Introduces Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and their expedition of 1804-6 through the Louisiana Territory, opening the land from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.

Examines the events and key figures behind the incredibly adventurous and treacherous exploration of the United States' western frontier.