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Lewis and Clark: Voices from the Trail
Michael Kerrigan, Rudi Holnsteiner (Photographer), Barnes and Noble Books, 2004
When Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led their Corps of Discovery up the Missouri River from ST. Louis in the spring of 1804, they were pushing westward into uncharted territory. This stunningly illustrated book tells the story of their remarkable expedition in the words of the explorers themselves-an epic adventure related with unsurpassed excitement and immediacy-brought vividly to life with newly commissioned photography of the dramatic scenery that greeted them en route.

William Clark and the Shaping of the West
Landon Y. Jones, Hill And Wang, 2004
Between 1803 and 1806 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark co-captained the fabled expedition across the North American continent. But while Lewis ended his life just three years later, Clark, as the highest ranking Ferderal official in the West, spent three decades overseeing its consequences: Indian removal and the destruction of Native America. In a rare combination of storytelling and scholarship, best-selling author Landon Y. Jones presents for the first time Clark's remarkable life and influential career in their full complexity.

"Most Perfect Harmony" Lewis and Clark: A Musical Journey by The Discovery String Band -- Paul & Win Grace, Cathy Barton and Dave Para, and Bob Dyer
This is a 70-minute CD of period, traditional and original music interpreting the epic journey of Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery. The album features a wide variety of traditional instruments, fine harmony singing, excellent original compositions and a 28-page booklet representing the research relating the music to the journals and the journey. Listen to a few samples from the 17 tracks by going to their website. The CD can also be ordered at this address.

The Lewis and Clark Companion: An Encyclopedic Guide to the Voyage of Discovery
By Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs, with Clay Strauss Jenkinson. Henry Holt, 2003 $30, 345pp.
This compendium will be a useful reference while studying choronological accounts of the expediton, but it can also stand alone with well-written entries on a variety of topics.

Interpreters with Lewis and Clark: The Story of Sacagawea and Touissaint Charbonneau
W. Dale Nelson. University of North Texas Press, 2003 $24.95, 174pp.
This book is a thorough examination of the role of two key players in the expedition and of their lives after the expediton.

An American Epic of Discovery: The Lewis and Clark Journals
edited and with an introuduction by Gary E. Moulton. University of Nebraska Press, 2003 $29.95, 413pp.
In this riveting account, editor Gary E. Moulton blends the narrative highlights of his definitive Nebraska edition of the Lewis and Clark journals. For the first time the voices of the enlisted men and of the Native Americans are heard alongside the words of the captains. New maps and illustrations enrich this American epic of discovery. .

The Food Journal of Lewis & Clark
by Mary Gunderson, History Cooks, 2003 $19.95/trade paperback, Illustrations and maps throughout.
History is as close as a bite of buffalo jerky or a taste of hominy in this recently released book. The book has been named the Official Cookbook for the National Council of the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial. Blending excerpts from Lewis and Clark’s journals with brief history lessons and more than 80 authentic recipes faithfully created by Gunderson, this is the book that links food to the spirit of the endeavor. Maps by illustrator Dennis Dahlin let readers track every segment of the Expedition. Gunderson has included mail order sources for such foods as buffalo and wild huckleberry preserves and for garden seeds.

Lewis & Clark: Across the Divide
By Carolyn Gilman, Introduction by James P. Ronda, Essay by Gerard Baker
The Lewis and Clark Expedition exerts a powerful hold on the American imagination. Sacagawea, Lewis, Clark, and other members of Jefferson's Corps of Discovery have been taken into the national heart and mind. In 2004, the Missouri Historical Society will unveil the 6,000-square-foot National Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Exhibition, which will include original specimens, journals, maps, manuscripts, art, and pieces of equipment from the expedition reassembled for the first time in two hundred years. This exhibition catalog tells the story of the expedition, from its inception in Jefferson's mind to the explorers' highly publicized return. But rather than concentrating on Lewis and Clark's encounters with the physical and natural landscape, this book instead focuses on human geography, giving prominence to the Indian nations the explorers met and the mental and social landscapes they traversed.
Missouri Historical Society Press, 2003.

Voyages of Discovery: Essays on the Lewis and Clark Expedition
A collection of essays edited and introduced by James. P. Ronda, one of the foremost experts on Lewis and Clark, explores the origins, mystery and consequences of the adventure that forever changed the face and course of the United States. "Voyages of Discovery: Essays on the Lewis and Clark Expedition," published by the Montana Historical Society Press, conveniently gathers the best and most thought-provoking essays on the Corps of Discovery under one cover. With five maps, twenty illustrations, and an extensive bibliography, the 368-page book sells for $45.00 for the cloth edition and $19.95 in paperback.

New Publications for Children

Lewis & Clark & Reubin
by Judith Edwards and illustrated by Sall Wern Comport. Farrar Straus Giroux, $17.
Written for young readers, this book is a vivid reimagining of what Private Reubin Field might hae written in a journal about the famous expedition.

The Lewis & Clark Trail: Then and Now
by Dorothy Henshaw Patent with photographs by William Munoz. Dutton, $19.99.
Written readers in grades 4-6, this book contrasts the changes along the Lewis & Clark trail over the last two centuries.

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December 1, 2004 -- September 2006
CARGO: Equipment and Supplies of the Lewis & Clark Expedition"
Columbia Gorge Discovery Center - Wasco County Historical Museum, The Dalles, Oregon.
This unique, one of a kind, 4,000 square foot exhibition will draw on 16 years of original research to interpret the material goods involved in launching the transcontinental expedition.
For more information call: 541-296-8600 or visit http://www.gorgediscovery.org/exhibits.htm#cargo
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Photo Credit: Jefferson peace-and-friendship medal like the ones that Lewis and Clark presented to Indian chiefs. From the collection of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, National Park Service.