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Meriwether Lewis : a biography

Title
Meriwether Lewis : a biography / Richard Dillon.
Author
Dillon, Richard H.
Publication
New York : Coward-McCann, 1965.

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Description
xvii, 364 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
A portrait of one of the major figures in American history.
Subject
  • Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809
  • Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809
  • Explorers > United States > Biography
Genre/Form
  • Americana
  • collective biographies.
  • Biographies
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-355).
Contents
Jefferson's grand design -- Locust hill and broad river -- From Bivouac to White House -- Corps of discovery -- Prelude to adventure -- Innocent passage -- The advance base -- The big muddy -- The powwow -- Troubled waters -- Mandan winter -- A'westering -- The high road -- The sky-propping mountains -- Where rolls the Oregon -- Adieu to Ourigon -- Homeward bound -- Eastward ho! -- Triumphal return -- Favorite of fortune -- His excellency -- Last journey -- Post-mortem.
ISBN
  • 0944220169
  • 9780944220160
LCCN
65010888
OCLC
  • ocm00479182
  • 479182
  • SCSB-139651
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library