Death Of Meriwether Lewis
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By His Own Hand
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Author : John D. W. Guice
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2014-10-30
By His Own Hand written by John D. W. Guice and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
For two centuries the question has persisted: Was Meriwether Lewis’s death a suicide, an accident, or a homicide? By His Own Hand? is the first book to carefully analyze the evidence and consider the murder-versus-suicide debate within its full historical context. The historian contributors to this volume follow the format of a postmortem court trial, dissecting the case from different perspectives. A documents section permits readers to examine the key written evidence for themselves and reach their own conclusions.
The Death Of Meriwether Lewis
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Author : James E. Starrs
language : en
Publisher: River Junction Press LLC
Release Date : 2009
The Death Of Meriwether Lewis written by James E. Starrs and has been published by River Junction Press LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Recently revealed truths and deconstructed myths are woven together in this fascinating account to form an unforgettable tale of political corruption, assassins, forged documents, and skeletal remains.
Suicide Or Murder
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Author : Vardis Fisher
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2017-07-11
Suicide Or Murder written by Vardis Fisher and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-11 with History categories.
Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) was an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery, with William Clark. Their mission was to explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase, establish trade with and sovereignty over the natives near the Missouri River, and claim the Pacific Northwest and Oregon Country for the United States before European nations. They also collected scientific data, and information on indigenous nations. President Thomas Jefferson appointed Lewis Governor of Upper Louisiana in 1806. He died of gunshot wounds in what was either a murder or suicide, in 1809. The death of Meriwether Lewis is one of the great mysteries of American history. Was he murdered at Grinder’s Stand or did he commit suicide? Vardis Fisher meticulously reconstructs the events and presents his own version of the case with the precision and persuasiveness of a fine trial lawyer. But Fisher was also a great novelist and it is his sense of character that serves him best here. We know Lewis’ complex sensibility as well as we know that of any man of his time—his Journals are so self-revealing, so exacting in the record they make of his musings, doubts, and elations. Fisher offers us this complex Lewis and, with equal perceptiveness, sets the rough, frontier scene at Grinder’s Stand. The result is a fine mystery, well solved, that leans toward tragedy.
Death Of Meriwether Lewis
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Author : James Starrs
language : en
Publisher: River Junction Press LLC
Release Date : 2012-12-01
Death Of Meriwether Lewis written by James Starrs and has been published by River Junction Press LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-01 with History categories.
Even after more than two centuries, mystery continues to surround Meriwether Lewis’s death—did the famous explorer commit suicide or was he murdered? Recently revealed truths and deconstructed myths are woven together in this fascinating account to form an unforgettable tale of political corruption, assassins, forged documents, and skeletal remains. New research implicating General James Wilkinson—commanding general of the U.S. Army and coconspirator of Aaron Burr—as the assassin is thoroughly discussed, while riveting testimony from 13 leading experts in wound ballistics, forensic anthropology, suicide psychology, grave-site exhumation, and handwriting analysis offers new insight into what Lewis’s exhumed remains might reveal. The new evidence not only destroys the foundation of suicide arguments by proving the primary evidence is a forgery, it also proves the Indian Agent escorting Lewis lied about his activities on the day of Lewis's death. The book also contains evidence of a previously unknown plot by Aaron Burr to seize New Orleans and invade Mexico in 1809, a repeat of his 1806 plot. It explains why Lewis suddenly changed his plans to travel to Washington, DC, by boat, and instead chose to go overland on the Natchez Trace, where he met his untimely death on October 11, 1809, at age 35.
The Death Of Meriwether Lewis
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Author : Ronald M. Larson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
The Death Of Meriwether Lewis written by Ronald M. Larson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with categories.
The Death Of Meriwether Lewis And Other Plays
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Author : Ron Larson
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2003-09
The Death Of Meriwether Lewis And Other Plays written by Ron Larson and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09 with Drama categories.
The Death of Meriwether Lewis And Other Plays Another brilliant collection of plays from Ron Larson, The Death of Meriwether Lewis and Other Plays includes three never before published works by the author: The Death of Meriwether Lewis, The Death of George Wythe, and Crowds and Madness: Patrick Henry and His Family. Following his critically acclaimed publication of A Tragedy At Hillsville, fans won't be disappointed with these historical plays which continue Larson's unique and vivid portrayal of the rich history of early Virginia and some of the larger-than-life personalities who helped to define it.
The Mysterious Death Of Meriwether Lewis
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Author : Ron Burns
language : en
Publisher: St Martins Press
Release Date : 1993
The Mysterious Death Of Meriwether Lewis written by Ron Burns and has been published by St Martins Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Fiction categories.
In 1809, Meriweather Lewis, now Louisiana Territory governor, dies mysteriously at an inn, leading his friend, ornithologist Alexander Wilson, and Harrison Hull, an Army captain, to investigate, in a fact-based mystery.
Bitterroot
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Author : Patricia Tyson Stroud
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2018-02-23
Bitterroot written by Patricia Tyson Stroud and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In America's early national period, Meriwether Lewis was a towering figure. Selected by Thomas Jefferson to lead the expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase, he was later rewarded by Jefferson with the governorship of the entire Louisiana Territory. Yet within three years, plagued by controversy over administrative expenses, Lewis found his reputation and career in tatters. En route to Washington to clear his name, he died mysteriously in a crude cabin on the Natchez Trace in Tennessee. Was he a suicide, felled by his own alcoholism and mental instability? Most historians have agreed. Patricia Tyson Stroud reads the evidence to posit another, even darker, ending for Lewis. Stroud uses Lewis's find, the bitterroot flower, with its nauseously pungent root, as a symbol for his reputation as a purported suicide. It was this reputation that Thomas Jefferson promulgated in the memoir he wrote prefacing the short account of Lewis's historic expedition published five years after his death. Without investigation of any kind, Jefferson, Lewis's mentor from boyhood, reiterated undocumented assertions of Lewis's serious depression and alcoholism. That Lewis was the courageous leader of the first expedition to explore the continent from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean has been overshadowed by presuppositions about the nature of his death. Stroud peels away the layers of misinformation and gossip that have obscured Lewis's rightful reputation. Through a retelling of his life, from his resourceful youth to the brilliance of his leadership and accomplishments as a man, Bitterroot shows that Jefferson's mystifying assertion about the death of his protégé is the long-held bitter root of the Meriwether Lewis story.
Meriwether Lewis
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Author : Thomas Danisi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Meriwether Lewis written by Thomas Danisi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Instead of focusing exclusively on the Lewis and Clark expedition, the authors concentrate on what Lewis was doing immediately before and after his journey through Western territory. They assess his role as a natural scientist and as governor of the Louisiana Territory.
Of Courage Undaunted
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Author : Allen Underwood
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 199?
Of Courage Undaunted written by Allen Underwood and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 199? with Explorers categories.