Explores the lives of explorers Lewis and Clark, who manned the first American overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back. Outlines the progression of their journey and examines what it meant to the country as a whole.
the story of Bird Woman and the Lewis & Clark Expedition
Bruchac, Joseph
2010
Sacajawea, a Shoshoni Indian interpreter, peacemaker, and guide, and William Clark alternate in describing their experiences on the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Northwest.
the story of Bird Woman and the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Bruchac, Joseph
2008
Chronicles the life and experiences of Sacajawea, the young Shoshone woman who acted as guide on the famous Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804, told in the voices of Sacajawea and William Clark in alternating chapters, with selections from Clark's original diaries.
the story of Bird Woman and the Lewis & Clark Expedition
Bruchac, Joseph
2003
Sacajawea, a Shoshoni Indian interpreter, peacemaker, and guide, and William Clark alternate in describing their experiences on the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Northwest.
The history of the journey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who set out from a camp just upstream from St. Louis in 1804 at the request of President Thomas Jefferson, to search for the fabled Northwest Passage to the Pacific.
Readers learn the highs and lows of the journey of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery through the Louisana Territory, as well as how different people saw the expedition from different perspectives.
Archival photos, period accounts and extensive use of their journals bring the trials and triumphs of Lewis & Clark's long trip to life, and revealing interviews with noted historians provide a glimpse at the men who led the epic journey.
