Into the Wilderness: The Lewis and Clark Expedition (New Books for New Readers)

when Thomas Jefferson Sent A Team Of Explorers To Discover A Way To The Pacific Ocean Two Hundred Years Ago, The Western Border Of The United States Was The Mississippi River. It Was Jefferson's Dream To Uncover The Mysteries Of The Distant Lands Beyond. In 1803, The President Sent A Team Of Thirty Men, Lead By Meriwether Lewis And William Clark, Up The Missouri River, Across The Rocky Mountains, Down The Columbia River To The Pacific, And Back Home Again. During This Monumental, Two-and-a-half-year Expedition, Lewis And Clark Gathered Samples Of Plants, Animals, And Indian Crafts. Into The Wilderness Describes The Difficult Yet Successful Journey That Made These Men The Celebrated Heroes They Are Today. James J. Holmberg, Curator Of Special Collections At The Filson Historical Society, Is The Author Of Dear Brother: Letters Of William Clark To Jonathan Clark. On small-town ballfields and county fairgrounds, the sideshow performers set up their tents and trailers in the shadow of the Ferris wheel. There they amazed us with daring feats such as fire eating and sword swallowing, intrigued us with exhibitions of h Thomas Jefferson's dream Down the Ohio Up the Missouri To the Pacific Homeward bound Life after the expedition.