The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: November 2, 1805-March 22, 1806: Volume 6 - Hardcover

Lewis, Meriwether; Clark, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803228937 ISBN 13: 9780803228931

Verlag: University of Nebraska Press, 1990

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Lewis Meriwether Clark William

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"The University of Nebraska Press has become the pre-eminent publisher of Lewis and Clark titles, including what is now considered the definitive edition of the journals edited by Nebraska history professor Gary Moulton."-John Marshall, Seattle Post-Intelligencer -- John Marshall Seattle Post-Intelligencer "Moulton not only edited the transcriptions of the journal entries; he also provided a detailed index and oversaw a team of consultants who provided expert annotations on botany, zoology, astronomy, archaeology, linguists and medicine. As a result, readers can understand the expedition in its full context. It's no wonder that the series has received many plaudits."-Omaha World Herald Omaha World Herald "[This edition] stands as one of the great accomplishments of American scholarship and scholarly publishing alike. The work of historian Gary Moulton and a team of some three dozen specialists working through the University of Nebraska's Center for Great Plains Studies with the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the 13-volume Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition was published by the University of Nebraska Press from 1983 to 2001."-Gregory McNamee, Washington Post Book World -- Gregory McNamee Washington Post Book World "Lewis and Clark loom over the narrative literature of the West as the Rockies loom over the rivers that run through them. These Journals are to the narrative of the American West as the Iliad is to the epic or as Don Quixote is to the novel: a first exemplar so great as to contain in embryo the genre's full potential. The narrative writing about the West that came before Lewis and Clark seems fragmentary and slight; what came after them seems insipid and slight, lacking both the scale and the force of those Journals."-Larry McMurtry in the New York Review of Books -- Larry McMurtry New York Review of Books "Meticulously edited, with detailed (and absolutely necessary) footnotes, these volumes are a triumph of scholarly publishing... One version or another belongs on most readers' shelves-and should accompany any road trip through the West."-Atlantic Monthly Atlantic Monthly "Meticulous scholarship marks this landmark revision... Essential to every American history collection."-Reference and Research Reference and Research "A narrative that is as gripping as an adventure story."-John Logan Allen, Utah History -- John Logan Allen Utah History "These journals of exploits and courage in a pristine West have a simplicity and timelessness about them-never failing to capture the imagination of the ordinary reader or to interest the historian, the scientist, or the geographer."-Mary Lee Spence, Montana -- Mary Lee Spence Montana "The University of Nebraska Press series of the complete journals of Lewis and Clark is a much-needed and long-awaited improvement over the hitherto standard ... edition of 1904-5."-North Dakota History North Dakota History

Reseña del editor:

The first five volumes of the new edition of the Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition have been widely heralded as a lasting achievement in the study of western exploration. The sixth volume begins on November 2, 1805, in the second year of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's epic journey. It covers the last leg of the party's route from the Cascades of the Columbia River to the Pacific Coast and their stay at Fort Clatsop, near the river's mouth, until the spring of 1806. Travel and exploration, described in the early part, were hampered by miserable weather, and the enforced idleness in winter quarters permitted detailed record keeping. The journals portray the party's interaction with the Indians of the lower Columbia River and the coast, particularly the Chinooks, Clatsops, Wahkiakums, Cathlamets, and Tillamooks. No other volume in this edition has such a wealth of ethnographic and natural history materials, most of it apparently written by Lewis and copied by Clark, and accompanied by sketches of plants, animals, and Indians and their canoes, implements, and clothing. Incorporating a wide range of new scholarship dealing with all aspects of the expedition, from Indian languages to plants and animals to geographical and historical contexts, this new edition expands and updates the annotation of the last edition, published early in the twentieth century.

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• Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0803228937
• ISBN 13: 9780803228931
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 531
• Herausgeber: Moulton Gary E.