The Lewis & Clark Chronicles; Fort Mandan to the Pacific

by Joseph Groth

These Chronicles could have been authored by Thomas Jefferson. He and Captain Meriwether Lewis spent long nights tracing its "Courses and Distances" on brown paper on the floor of the East Wing of the White House. Instead, he relegated the task to Captain William Clark. As a consequence, until now, the narrative of the expedition has never been told as Captain Lewis intended it to be. The author discovered these Chronicles in transcribing the original handwritten journals. He has edited and annotated them to include brief sketches of the members of the expedition, background information about the Native American Indian tribes they encountered, and the current place names of the geographical land marks the Captains discovered and named in honor of members of their party. Sadly, today none of them remain named as the Captains intended. Anyone reading these Chronicles will agree with historian and author Stephen Ambrose when he famously said, "The journals he [Captain Meriwether Lewis] wrote are among his greatest achievements and are a priceless gift to the American people."

720 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 9, 2012