Research Catalog

Title

A vast and open plain : the writings of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in North Dakota, 1804-1806 / edited and with an introduction by Clay S. Jenkinson ; foreword by James P. Ronda.

Author

Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809.

Publication

Bismarck, N.D. : State Historical Society of North Dakota, 2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Clark, William, 1770-1838.
• Jenkinson, Clay.
• Ronda, James P., 1943-
• State Historical Society of North Dakota.

Description

xxi, 594 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color maps; 26 cm

Summary

The book presents chronologically the writings - journal entries, reports and letters - of all the members of the Lewis and Clark expedition, allowing for examination the 215 days the Corps of Discovery spent in the state from several perspectives.--Publisher's description.

Subject

• Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 > Diaries
• Clark, William, 1770-1838 > Diaries
• Clark, William, 1770-1838
• Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809
• Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
• Explorers > North Dakota > Diaries
• Discoveries in geography
• Explorers
• Travel
• North Dakota > Description and travel
• North Dakota > Discovery and exploration
• North Dakota

Genre/Form

Diaries.

Note

• Excerpts reprinted from: The journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition / Gary E. Moulton, editor. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1983-c2001.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 579-583) and index.

Contents

October 13-December 31, 1804 -- January 1-April 27, 1805 -- August 2-20, 1806 -- Mandan miscellany -- Appendix A. The dynamics of the journals -- Appendix B. The challenge of Sakakawea -- Appendix C. Biographical sketches -- Appendix D. The Lewis and Clark campsites in North Dakota.

ISBN

• 1891419269
• 9781891419263
• 1891419285
• 9781891419287

LCCN

2004302655

OCLC

• ocm54109161
• 54109161
• SCSB-9827025

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library