Why Sacagawea Deserves the Day Off & Other Lessons from the Le Wis & Clark Trail (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780803215856)

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.

Author: Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs
ISBN-10: 0803215851
ISBN-13: 9780803215856
Publisher: Bison Books
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2008
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.40d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/18/2008 pg. 55
Booklist 09/15/2008 pg. 23