Exciting, action-packed account of the expedition to chart the vast unknown lands of the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase — a perilous journey made by undaunted men who faced hostile Indians, prairie fires, floods, heat and thirst, illness, famine, sub-zero weather, and other perils. "A... read more
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Exciting, action-packed account of the expedition to chart the vast unknown lands of the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase — a perilous journey made by undaunted men who faced hostile Indians, prairie fires, floods, heat and thirst, illness, famine, sub-zero weather, and other perils. "Absorbing and inspirational from start to finish." — New York Times Book Review.
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