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Further Reading

Ambrose, Stephen E. Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West. New York: Simon and Shuster, 1995.

A comprehensive, thoroughly researched review of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Ambrose, Stephen E and Sam Abell. Lewis and Clark Voyage of Discovery. National Geographic Society, 2002.

Andrist, Ralph K. To the Pacific with Lewis and Clark. New York: Harper and Row, 1967.

Blumberg, Rhoda. The Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clark. New York: Beech Tree, 1995.

Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan Social and Ceremonial Organization. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1950.

Cutright, Paul Russell. Lewis and Clark: Pioneering Naturalists. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1969.

A thorough account of the untold scientific story.

DeVoto, Bernard, ed.. The Journals of the Lewis and Clark. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997.

DeVoto, Bernard, ed.. The Journals of Lewis and Clark. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1953, 1981, 1997.

Duncan, Dayton and Ken Burns. Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery. New York: Knoph, 1997.

Edwards, Judity. Lewis and Clark's Journey of Discovery in American History. Springfield NJ: Enslow Publishers, 1999.

Flam, Faye. "Medical Frontier." The Philadelphia Inquirer (February 17, 2003).

The article is part of a series commemorating the Lewis & Clark Expedition. Provides keen insight about the medicine used on the trip.

Jones, Landon Y, ed.. Essential Lewis and Clark. New York: Ecco Press, 2000.

Select diary entries highlighting adventures.

Kroll, Steven. Lewis and Clark: Explorers of the American West. New York: Holiday House, 1994.

A beautifully illustrated children's book containing a simple narrative of the expedition

Lavender, David. The Way to the Western Sea: Lewis and Clark Across the Continent. Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 1998.

A compelling earlier classic narrative of the expedition.

MacGregor, Carol Lynn. The Journals of Patrick Gass: Member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Missoula, Mont.: Mountain Press Publishing Company, 1997.

The Gass journal with a brief but thorough introduction.

MacGregor, Carol Lynn. The Journals of Patrick Gass: Member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition . Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1986.

McGrath, Patrick. The Lewis and Clark Expedition.. Morristown, New Jersey: Silver Burdett Company, 1985.

An informational book for older children detailing the history behind the expedition and its impact on America. Contains samples from Lewis" and Clark's journals as well as many historic renderings of the expedition

Molton, Gary E. The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1986.

Morley, Jacqueline. America: The Story of Lewis and Clark. New York: Franklin Watts, 1998.

A children's book of the Lewis and Clark expedition organized around a time line of their expedition

Moulton, Gary E., ed. Atlas of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 1983.

Excellent compilation of maps with an excellent introduction.

Moulton, Gary E., ed. Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery, the abridgement of the Definitive Nebraska Edition. Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 2003.

Abridgement of the journals, annotated, and illustrated with informative essays.

National Geographic Society. Historical Atlas of the United States. National Geographic Society, 1988.

Oswalt, Wendall H. Other Peoples, Other Customs: World Ethnography and Its History., 1-73. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1972.

Ronda, James P. Lewis and Clark among the Indians. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2002.

Ronda, James P. and Clark among the Indians. Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 1984.

An informative look at the Expedition from the viewpoint of the Native Americans.

Schmidt, Thomas and Jeremy Schmidt. Saga of Lewis and Clark into the Uncharted West. New York: DK Publishing, 1999.

Slaughter, Thomas P. Lewis and Clark: Reflections on Men and Wilderness. New York: Knopf, 2003.

A deeper look and thorough account of the evidence questions the myths.

Swayne, Zoa L. Do Them No Harm: An Interpretation of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Among the Nez Perce Indians. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Press, 2003.

Thwaites, Ruben Gold, ed.. Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. New York: Anro Press, 1969 (reprint).

Tubbs, Stephenie Ambrose and Clay Straus Jenkinson. The Lewis and Clark Companion: An Encyclopedic Guide to the Voyage of Discovery. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2003.

Alphabetical entries on all people, places, and things related to the expedition.


Web Guide

"Lewis and Clark as Naturalists," Academy of Natural Sciences http://www.mnh.si.edu/lewisandclark/index.html?loc=/lewisandclark/home...

Interactive database of plants, mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians noted and collected by species, date, and state.

"Bring Back Your Party Safe: Medicine and Health on the Lewis and Clark Expedition http://www.hsl.virginia.edu/historical/medical_history/lewis_clark/

An overview of the Expedition from the health and medicine perspective.

"The Lewis and Clark Herbarium," The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University http://www.ansp.org/explore/online-exhibits/stories/lewis-and-clark-he...

Overview of the Expedition and detail about the Lewis and Clark Herbarium by leading natural historians on the subject.

A Journey of the Corps of Discovery, a film by Ken Burns http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/

A thorough overview of the Expedition with graphics, links and other resources.

Lewis and Clark Expedition Discoveries and Tribes Encountered http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/resources_discoveries_...

A listing of the 46 Indian tribes encountered by the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Philadelphia Chapter - Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation http://www.lewisandclarkphila.org/

A thorough account of the Philadelphia role for the Expedition for visitors and scholars.

Pittsburgh Legacy Bicentennial Lewis & Clark Commemoration http://www.lc.pitt.edu/

Well-designed introduction to the role of Western Pennsylvania in an on-line exhibition.

Re-live the Adventure http://lewisandclarktrail.com/legacy/conestogaroute.htm

Graphic representation of the Conestoga Wagon Route traveling with the Expedition's supplies from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh as well as summary of the Expedition in other states.

The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/index.html

The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Online makes available the text of the celebrated Nebraska edition of the Lewis and Clark journals, one of the most accurate and inclusive editions ever published.

The Louisiana Purchase; 1803 http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/louis1.asp

Full text of the treaty between the United States of America and the French Republic.

University of Virginia Library Online, Lewis and Clark: The Maps of Exploration 1507-1814 http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/lewis_clark/planning.html...

Essay about the planning of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with reproductions of original maps.

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