The unknown travels and dubious pursuits of William Clark

The unknown travels and dubious pursuits of William Clark /

In 1798 more than five years before he led the epic western journey that would make him and Meriwether Lewis national heroes--William Clark set off by flatboat from his Louisville, Kentucky, home with a cargo of tobacco and furs to sell downriver in Spanish New Orleans. He also carried with him a le...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Trogdon, Jo Ann (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, 2015
Subjects:
Clark, William, > 1770-1838 > Travel > West (U.S.)
Clark, William, > 1770-1838 > Diaries.
Explorers > West (U.S.) > Diaries.
West (U.S.) > Discovery and exploration.
West (U.S.) > Description and travel.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Part I.A small adventure of tobacco, March 8 to April 23, 1798
  • Part II. Important connections from New Orleans to Natchez and back again, April 24 to August 15, 1798
  • Part III. The homeward journey, August 16 to December 24, 1798
  • Part IV. More hardship and challenge, 1799 to 1807
  • Epilogue. The mammoth of iniquity escaped
  • So, did "nothing extraordinary" happen?

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