PAL: The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)

PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - A Research and Reference Guide

Chapter 3: Early Nineteenth Century: Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) and William Clark (1770-1838) and Their Expedition (1804-1806)

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(Image source: Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation)

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Allen, John L. Passage through the garden; Lewis and Clark and the image of the American Northwest. Urbana: U of Illinois P, 1975. F592.7 .A48

Ambrose, Stephen E. Undaunted courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the opening of the American West. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1996. F592.7 .A49

Appleman, Roy E. Lewis and Clark: historic places associated with their transcontinental exploration (1804-06). Washington: U.S. National Park Service, 1975. F592.7 .A66

Betts, Robert B. In search of York: the slave who went to the Pacific with Lewis and Clark. Boulder: Colorado Associated U P, 1985. F592.7 .B48

Lewis & Clark videorecording: the journey of the Corps of Discovery / a film by Ken Burns. Alexandria, Va.: PBS Home Video, Burbank, Calif: Distributed by Warner Home Video as authorized agent for Turner Home Entertainment, 1997. Video Cassette F592.7 .L49x

Clark, Ella Elizabeth, and Margot Edmonds. Sacagawea of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Berkeley: U of California P, 1979. F592.7 .S123 C55

Clarke, Charles G. The men of the Lewis and Clark Expedition; a biographical roster of the fifty-one members and a composite diary of their activities from all the known sources. Glendale, Calif: A. H. Clark Co., 1970. F592.7 .C57

Cutright, Paul R. Lewis and Clark, pioneering naturalists. Urbana: U of Illinois P, 1969. F592.4

Duncan, Dayton. ed. Lewis & Clark: an illustrated history. NY: Knopf, 1997. F592 .D86

Moulton, Gary E. ed. The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1983- . F592.4; Library Has: v.1-v.13

Furtwangler, Albert. Acts of discovery: visions of America in the Lewis and Clark journals. Urbana: U of Illinois P, 1993. F592.7 .F86

Holloway, David. Lewis & Clark and the crossing of North America. NY: Saturday Review P 1974. F592.7 .H74

Jackson, Donald D. Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, with related documents, 1783-1854. Urbana: U of Illinois P, 1962. F592.7 .J14

Lavender, David S. The way to the western sea: Lewis and Clark across the continent. NY: Harper & Row, 1988. F592.7 .L38

Moulton, Gary E. ed. Atlas of the Lewis & Clark expedition. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1983. Folio F592.4 1983 v.1

Ronda, James P. Lewis and Clark among the Indians. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1984. F592.7 .R66

Sacajawea videorecording / Multimedia/Meredith Broadcasting. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities, 1988. Video Cassette F592.7 .S123 S23x

Skarsten, M. O. George Drouillard, hunter and interpreter for Lewis and Clark and fur trader, 1807-1810. Glendale, Calif.: A.H. Clark Co., 1964. F592.7 .D7 S5

Thom, James A. Sign-talker: the adventure of George Drouillard on the Lewis and Clark Expedition: a novel. NY: Ballentine Books, c2000. PS3570 .H47 S54x

Tomkins, Calvin. The Lewis and Clark Trail. NY: Harper & Row 1965. F592.7 .T6

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Barclay, Donald A., and Peter Wild. "Pre-Lewis and Clark Exploration Narratives of Western North America." Updating the Literary West. Fort Worth, TX: Texas Christian UP, 1997. 150-61.

Bergon, Frank. "The Journals of Lewis and Clark: An American Epic." Old West-New West: Centennial Essays. Ed. Barbara H. Meldrum. Moscow: U of Idaho P, 1993. 133-45.

Davis, Lawrence M., Charles L. Houck, and Clive Upton. "Contested Sources of the Self: Native American Geographies and the Journals of Lewis and Clark 'Sett Out Verry Eairly Wensdy': The Spelling and Grammar in the Lewis and Clark Journals." American Speech 75.2 (Sumr 2000): 137-48.

Gasque, Thomas J. "Lewis and Clark's Onomastic Assumptions." Midwestern Folklore 21.1-2 (Sprg-Fall 1995): 30-38.

Large, Arlen J. "All in the Family: The In-House Honorifics of Lewis and Clark." Names 42.4 (Dec 1994): 269-77.

Sappington, Robert L. "The Lewis and Clark Expedition among the Nez Perce Indians: The First Ethnographic Study in the Columbia Plateau." Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 23.1 (Sprg 1989): 1-33.

Taylor, J. Golden. "Across the Wide Missouri: The Adventure Narrative from Lewis and Clark to Powell." A Literary History of the American West. Ed. James H. Maguire. Fort Worth: Texas Christian UP, 1987. 71-103.

Waters, Patricia. "Mr. Jefferson's Literary Pursuit of the West: The Journey of Lewis and Clark." DAI 59.8 (Feb 1999): DA9903960.

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Reuben, Paul P. "Chapter 3: Early Nineteenth Century - The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)." PAL: Perspectives in American Literature- A Research and Reference Guide. WWW URL: http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap3/lewis_clark.html (provide page date or date of your login).