UNDAUNTED COURAGE: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West

Chronicles one of the most momentous journeys in American history. Ambrose follows the Lewis and Clark expedition from Thomas Jefferson's hope of finding a waterway to the Pacific to the heart-stopping moments of the actual trip. Along the way, Ambrose shows us the American West as Lewis saw it--wild, awesome, and pristinely beautiful. Illus.