Why Sacagawea Deserves The Day Off And Other Lessons From The Lewis And Clark Trail
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Why Sacagawea Deserves The Day Off And Other Lessons From The Lewis And Clark Trail
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Author : Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2008-01-01
Why Sacagawea Deserves The Day Off And Other Lessons From The Lewis And Clark Trail written by Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-01 with History categories.
More than two hundred years later, the voyage of discovery with its outsized characters, geographic marvels, and wondrous moments of adventure and mystery continues to draw us along the Lewis and Clark Trail. Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs first fell under the trail s spell at sixteen and has been following in Lewis and Clark s path ever since. In essays historical and personal, she revisits the Lewis and Clark Trail and its famous people, landmarks, and events, exploring questions the expedition continues to raise, such as, What really motivated Thomas Jefferson to send out his agents of discovery? What mutinous expressions were uttered? What happened to the dog? Why did Meriwether Lewis end his own life? In the resulting trip through history, Tubbs recounts her travels along the trail by foot, Volkswagen bus, and canoe at every turn renewing the American experience inscribed by Lewis and Clark.
The Lewis And Clark Companion
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Author : Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs
language : en
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Release Date : 2015-06-09
The Lewis And Clark Companion written by Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs and has been published by Henry Holt and Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-09 with History categories.
An indispensable guide to our nation's epic adventure The years 2003-2006 mark the bicentennial of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's famous transcontinental journey between the Missouri and the Columbia River systems. They never did find the fabled Northwest Passage, but over twenty-eight months, the Corps of Discovery traveled more than eight thousand miles through eleven future states, named scores of places and rivers, met with many Native American tribes, and wrote the first descriptions of heretofore unknown plants and animals. By the end of their trip, Lewis and Clark had navigated and named two thirds of the American continent. They may have had undaunted courage, but the sheer volume of information related to their expedition can be more than a little daunting to the armchair historian. Written by two highly regarded Lewis and Clark experts, this book contains over five hundred lively and fascinating entries on everything from the members of the expedition and the places they went to the weapons and tools, trade goods, and medicines they carried, along with the food and amusements that sustained them. Highly readable and informative, it's the perfect introduction for the Lewis and Clark novice, and the comprehensive guide no buff will want to be without. "This handy volume, timed for publication as the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition opens, has the virtue of teaching the student while helpfully reminding the scholar. " - Publishers Weekly
George Washington Is Cash Money
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Author : Cory O'Brien
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2015-05-12
George Washington Is Cash Money written by Cory O'Brien and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-12 with Humor categories.
PREPARE TO BE BEAKED BY THE MAJESTIC EAGLE OF HISTORY Most of us are familiar with the greatest hits and legendary heroes of US history. In George Washington Is Cash Money, Cory O’Brien, author of Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes, does away with the pomp and circumstance and calls America’s history what it is: one long, violent soap opera. In his signature clever, crude, and cuss-ridden style, O’Brien reminds us that: · Teddy Roosevelt stopped bullets with his manly chest · Harriet Tubman avoided danger by having prophetic seizures. · Joseph Smith invented Mormonism by staring into a hat full of rocks. · Billy the Kid was finally defeated by the smell of fresh bacon. And there’s plenty more Star Spangled stupidity where that came from.
Great Plains Quarterly
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Great Plains Quarterly written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Great Plains categories.
The Lewis And Clark Journals
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Author : Meriwether Lewis
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2003-01-01
The Lewis And Clark Journals written by Meriwether Lewis and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with History categories.
The diaries and personal accounts of William Clark, Meriwether Lewis, and other members of their expedition chronicle their epic journey across North America in search of a river passage to the Pacific Ocean and describe their encounters with the Native American peoples of the West, exotic flora and fauna, and amazing natural wonders.
Oregon Historical Quarterly
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Author : Oregon Historical Society
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Oregon Historical Quarterly written by Oregon Historical Society and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Northwest, Pacific categories.
South Dakota History
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
South Dakota History written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with South Dakota categories.
Or Perish In The Attempt
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Author : David J. Peck
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
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Or Perish In The Attempt written by David J. Peck and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with History categories.
David J. Peck?s Or Perish in the Attempt ingeniously combines the remarkable adventures of Lewis and Clark with an examination of the health problems their expedition faced. Formidable problems indeed, but the author patiently, expertly?and humorously?guides us through the medical travails of the famous journey, juxtaposing treatment then against remedy now. The result is a fascinating book that sheds new light not only on Lewis and Clark and the men and one remarkable woman (and her infant) who accompanied them along an eight-thousand-mile wilderness path but also on the practice of medicine in their time and place.
Searching For Tamsen Donner
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Author : Gabrielle Burton
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2009-03-01
Searching For Tamsen Donner written by Gabrielle Burton and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-01 with History categories.
Tamsen Donner. For most the name conjures the ill-fated Donner party trapped in the snows of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1846–47. Others might know Tamsen as the stoic pioneer woman who saw her children to safety but stayed with her dying husband at the cost of her own life. For Gabrielle Burton, Tamsen’s story, fascinating in its own right, had long seemed something more: the story of a woman’s life writ large, one whose impossible balancing of self, motherhood, and marriage spoke to Burton’s own experience. This book tells of Burton’s search to solve the mystery of Tamsen Donner for herself. A graceful mingling of history and memoir, Searching for Tamsen Donner follows Burton and her husband, with their five daughters, on her journey along Tamsen’s path. From Tamsen’s birthplace in Massachusetts to North Carolina, where she lost her first family in the space of three months; to Illinois, where she married George Donner; and finally to the fateful Oregon Trail, Burton recovers one woman’s compelling history through a modern-day family’s adventure into realms of ultimately timeless experiences. Here Burton has for the first time collected and published together all seventeen of Tamsen’s known letters.
A Grizzly In The Mail And Other Adventures In American History
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Author : Tim Grove
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2014-05-01
A Grizzly In The Mail And Other Adventures In American History written by Tim Grove and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-01 with History categories.
For more than twenty years, Tim Grove has worked at the most popular history museums in the United States, helping millions of people get acquainted with the past. This book translates that experience into an insider’s tour of some of the most interesting moments in American history. Grove’s stories are populated with well-known historical figures such as John Brown, Charles Lindbergh, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and Sacagawea—as well as the not-so-famous. Have you heard of Mary Pickersgill, seamstress of the Star-Spangled Banner flag? Grove also has something to say about a few of our cherished myths, for instance, the lore surrounding Betsy Ross and Eli Whitney. Grove takes readers to historic sites such as Harpers Ferry, Fort McHenry, the Ulm Pishkun buffalo jump, and the Lemhi Pass on the Lewis and Clark Trail and traverses time and space from eighteenth-century Williamsburg to the twenty-first-century Kennedy Space Center. En route from Cape Canaveral on the Atlantic to Cape Disappointment on the Pacific, we learn about planting a cotton patch on the National Mall, riding a high wheel bicycle, flying the transcontinental airmail route, and harnessing a mule. Is history relevant? This book answers with a resounding yes and, in the most entertaining fashion, shows us why.