(1804-1806)

Describes how Sacagawea found adventure guiding Lewis and Clark to the Oregon coast.

Introduces Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and their expedition of 1804-1806 through the Louisiana Territory, opening the land from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.

Presents the collective biography of explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark who were sent by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the recently purchased Louisiana Territory.

Joined by fate, Sacagawea, Lewis, and Clark traveled eight thousland miles round trip to the Pacific Ocean. Their story continues to be studied, questioned and challenged, told and retold.

Presents a short children's history of explorers Lewis and Clark and describes their voyage across the American west from Missouri to the Pacific Ocean, encounters with the native tribes along the way, and the various plants and animals they saw.

From 1804 to 1806, Lewis and Clark traveled with the Corps of Discovery on an 8,000-mile journey, from the Missouri and Mississippi rivers to the Pacific by foot, boat and horseback. Learn about the Corps of Discovery's explorations of the American West through photographs, dramatic reenactments, diary excerpts and illustrated maps.

Take an exciting trip along with the Lewis and Clark Expedition! Readers will follow the daring explorers as they make their way across the uncharted American interior to the Pacific Northwest.

In graphic novel format, tells the story of Sacagawea, the teenage Shoshone mother who traveled with the Lewis and Clark expedition as an interpreter.

When President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory from cash-strapped France in 1803, he doubled the size of the United States without really knowing what he was getting. He dispatched Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and their Corps of Discovery to explore a territory that would include part or all of fifteen future states and to seek a water route to the West Coast. Westward expansion began immediately, all for the bargain price of 15 million dollars.

"Exciting illustrations follow the events of the Lewis and Clark expedition. The combination of brightly colored panels and leveled text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--.