The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Selections from the Journals, Arranged by Topics (Bedford Series in History and Culture)

This compact volume represents the first attempt to organize excerpts of the Lewis and Clark journals according to topic, rather than chronologically, allowing the lay reader or student to follow a given thematic or topical thread throughout the process of the entire expedition. The first sections portray the two captains and relate their initial organization of the expedition. Subsequent sections deal with the geographic and climatic challenges presented by the crossing of the continent; encounters with Native Americans; and accounts of the natural wonders observed by the explorers. The editor's introduction and epilogue ably place the expedition in its historical context. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.