The Way to the Western Sea: Lewis and Clark Across the Continent AUTH-13155619 ISBN13: 9781107643383

ISBN13: 9781107643383

being unable to get any of his own work published during the Stalinist era

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Lives of the Signers is a collection of fifty-four biographies of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence

The Way to the Western Sea: Lewis and Clark Across the Continent AUTH-13155619 ISBN13: 9781107643383Critics have called David Lavender a "master storyteller" (Library Journal), his prose "virile, disciplined, yet personal" (New York Times), and his book "a balanced, learned, and lively history of an epochal human exploit" (Choice). Lavender sets the stage with a lucid account of the imperial rivalries between England, Spain, France, and the United States, and their role in Thomas Jefferson's decision to sponsor an expedition that might strengthen