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2003015224
9781585443208
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pbk. : alk. paper
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pbk. : alk. paper
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Huser, Verne.
On the river with Lewis and Clark /
Verne Huser.
1st Edition.
College Station :
Texas A&M University Press,
2004.
College Station :
Texas A&M University Press,
2004.
xiv, 205 p :
ill., map ;
25 cm.
Environmental History series
Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-198) and index.
The ways of wind and water -- The travelers -- The benefits and hazards of river travel -- The crafts -- The rivers they traveled -- Traveling upstream and down -- River incidents -- Off the river -- The impact of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
"On their remarkable journey across the North American continent, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark traveled almost ten thousand miles, about nine thousand of them on rivers or their associated forks, creeks, and tributaries." "Verne Huser tells us what it was like to mount and carry out such an expedition. From the construction of the boats in 1803 to the negotiation of the last miles home three years later, the explorers were tied inextricably to the river systems that carried them west into uncharted territory and back again. From the Ohio River to the Columbia, they rowed, paddled, pulled, poled, sailed, and portaged their way into history - mapping, collecting, and recording a country's first glimpse of its Western wealth."--
20130926.
Donated by the Tocker Foundation and Texas A&M University Texas Book Consortium.
Lewis and Clark Expedition
1804-1806.
River life
West (U.S)
History
19th century.
Rivers
West (U.S)
History
19th century.
Inland navigation
West (U.S)
History
19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life
West (U.S.)
Texas.
West (U.S)
Description and travel.
West (U.S)
Discovery and exploration.
Environmental History series.
https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip046/2003015224.html
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