Between 1803 and 1806, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark cocaptained the most famous expedition in American history. But while Lewis ended his life just three years after the expedition, Clark, as the highest-ranking federal official in the West, spent three decades overseeing its consequences: Indian removal and the destruction of Native America. In a rare combination of storytelling and scholarship, bestselling author Landon Y. Jones vividly depicts Clark's life and the dark and bloody ground of America's early West, capturing the qualities of character and courage that made Clark an unequaled leader in America's grander enterprise: the shaping of the West.
- ISBN10 1429945362
- ISBN13 9781429945363
- Publish Date 12 October 2005 (first published 24 May 2004)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Hill & Wang
- Format eBook
- Pages 408
- Language English