Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Imprint: Bison Books
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.181kg
ISBN: 9780803215856
ISBN 10: 0803215851
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 01 October 2008
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
For Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs, the Lewis and Clark expedition is not just a historical story; it's personal, too, intertwined with her father's and family's lives. In this book, she brings her own experiences on the trail--and especially her own passions and insights--to bear on the Corps of Discovery. Reading it is like having a lively conversation across an open campfire. Dayton Duncan, author of Out West: A Journey through Lewis and Clark's America Lively, engaging, and well informed, here is the guide through the journals of Lewis and Clark and along the trail with the Corps of Discovery that will keep you laughing, arguing, and pondering. Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs provides delightful insights for her readers on this journey. Clyde A. Milner II, editor of A New Significance: Re-envisioning the History of the American West Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs broadens and deepens our understanding of events and personalities more than two centuries old. Even more importantly, she makes fresh connections to the moral lessons we urgently need to draw from them today. Landon Jones, author of William Clark and the Shaping of the West
Author Information
Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs serves on the board of directors for the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center Foundation, the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, and the American Prairie Foundation. She is the coauthor of The Lewis and Clark Companion: An Encyclopedic Guide to the Voyage of Discovery.
