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Good Books About the Lewis and Clark Expedition
These are the best books I know of about the Lewis and Clark expedition and its setting in history.
The intended user is anyone interested in the expedition
including beginners, Lewis and Clark enthusiasts,
students, museum personnel, researchers, living history interpreters, and historians, from
school age to adult. There are other pages in this web site describing books about the science, maps,
navigation, medicine, Indians, and other topics. For a short list of highly recommended books
by category, see the list of
Basic Books.
This list is not intended to be a list of all books about the expedition.
It is a list of the best books for each topic.
I think most historians of the early west will agree with the selections. If something is omitted,
please let me know.
Begin with Lewis and Clark An Illustrated History by Dayton Duncan (1997, Alfred A. Knopf), an excellent overview with a fine selection of pictures and photographs, or Those Tremendous Mountains by David Freeman Hawke
(1980, W. W. Norton), an equally fine short history of the expedition.
For children – and their parents – Lewis and Clark for Kids: Their Journey of Discovery by Janis Herbert (2000, Chicago Review Press) is an excellent introduction.
For more details read either Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen E. Ambrose (1996, Simon & Schuster) or The Way to the Western Sea by David Lavender (1988, Harper & Row Publishers; University of Nebraska Press 2001), both with few illustrations.
The journals are the primary source of information about the expedition, and also
make fascinating reading.
Click
here to see information
about the journals in print.
Lewis and Clark Among the Indians. 2002.
James P. Ronda. Univ of Nebraska Press.
A history of the expedition explaining the relations bewteen Indians and the explorers, from both points of view,
using much research relating to the subject other than the expedition journals. One of the top
Lewis and Clark books. "...the definitive book for understanding the interactions between The Corps of Discovery
and the various Indian nations they encountered." - David J. Peck.
Lewis and Clark Across the Divide by Carolyn Gilman. Smithsonian Books, 2003.
(400 illustrations)
The National Bicentennial Exhibition catalog, and also a detailed history of the
expedition. "...results
of a five-year enterprise to trace and authenticate the original artifacts,
documents, maps, and artwork of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. ... material
from over 50 institutions..." Shows the surviving artifacts from the expediton, and
many related objests of the time: maps, portraits, tools, clothes, Indian artifacts, etc.,
with detailed documentation.
This large book is
priceless for historians and enthusiasts. It has two great
strengths: details of equipment and artifacts related to the expedition, and excellent
insights into the world of the explorers and the American Indians who encountered them.
Lewis and Clark: Pioneering Naturalists. Paul Russell Cutright. 1969. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. The top book on the expediton's discoveries in natural history, this is also a good general account of the expedition day by day, with an emphasis on plants and animals discovered for science. End of chapter summaries and appendices list scientific discoveries in detail.
Arts of Diplomacy, Lewis & Clark's Indian Collection. 2003. Castle McLaughlin.Univ. Washington Press. Illustrated with over 343 photographs, line drawings, and maps.
"This book shows the extraordinary collection of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century Native American objects from the Prairie, Plains, and Pacific Northwest that is housed a the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and ethnology at Harvard University. Long thought to represent the only remaining ethnographic items acquired by Lewis and Clark, some of the pieces are shown to belong to a newly identified collection of early Native American materials that was assembled in the 1820's by Lt. George C. Hutter, Clark's nephew by marriage. Some of the stronger pieces are the blue & white pony beaded clothing, the early pipes and the superb feathered calumet & quilled pipe stems. .This publication is a valuable tool for scholars, collectors and laymen alike. "
Lewis and Clark Among the Grizzlies: Legend and Legacy in the American West.
Paul Schullery. Falcon Press. " Historian-naturalist Schullery examines
the expedition's many bear encounters, using contemporary science to separate
fact from fiction to show the fascinating world of the grizzly."
On the River with Lewis and Clark. 2003.
Vern Huser. Texas A & M University Press.
"...what it was like to carry out such an expedition, ... wind and water... construction of the watercraft,.... dangerous incidents along the rivers."
Encyclopedia of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Brandon Toropov.
New York: Checkmark Books.
A very large and detailed resource, with some illustrations, and what is also great, suggested
sources of more information about each topic.
The Lewis and Clark Companion; An Encyclopedia Guide to the Voyage of Discovery.
Stephanie Ambrose Tubbs, Clay Jenkinson.
Owl Books, 368 pages, 2003. Very nice, alphabetically arranged by topic, with
details about particular people, places, and things. Not nearly so big as the "Encyclopedia" by Toropov.
Lexicon of Discovery. Alan Hartley. Pullman: Washington State Univ. Press, 2004. How the explorers spoke
and a range of insights into the Expedition and the Journals, based in
their language.
Click here to see the Lewis and Clark Expedition Journals section of this web site. Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, with Related Documents 1783-1854, Donald Jackson, University Illinois Press, 1978, 2nd edition, 2 volumes, 806 pp. Letters from every one involved before and after the expedition. Documents, and all the surviving receipts for supplies and equipment purchases. Jefferson's instructions to Lewis, and Clarks reflections on Lewis's death six years later. Essential for scholars of the expedition. Dear Brother: Letters of William Clark to Jonathan Clark, by William Clark, Jonathan Clark, James Holmberg (editor), Yale Univ Press, 2002, 320 pages. "They contain important information about the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the post-expedition life of his slave, York, the death of Meriwether Lewis, and many other people and subjects. They provide a window to William Clark's world, through which we can view its people and events..." (The Filson Historical Society)
See the Science section of this web site. William Clark and the Shaping of the West. Landon Jones, Farrar Strauss Giroux, 2004. The first full biography of Clark. "superb biography ... at last a full treatment of this distinguished American, written with sparkle and insight. The wait is over." -- Gary Moulton. Clark was a key figure in the development of the early west and of Indian relations. Even without the expedition he would be an important American, serving in government for 30 years after the return from the Pacific Ocean. His influence on Indian trade and policy is central to the times, and his map of the west was the clear contribution from the expedition in its day. Wilderness Journey The Life of William Clark. William E. Foley. University of Missouri 2004. I happen to prefer this biography of Clark, though it is not as well known as Landon Jones's. William Clark: Jeffersonian Man on the Frontier. Jerome O. Steffen. Norman: Univ. Oklahoma Press, 1977. For anyone who really wants to understand William Clark and his achievements, this book is as important as the newer bisographies. The Character of Meriwether Lewis. Clay Strauss Jenkinson. Marmarth Press, 2000. 131 pages. 6015 S. Virginia Street. Suite E#458, Reno, Nevada, 89502. Jenkinson focuses each chapter on one aspect of Lewis's character by selections from his writings, and creates a compelling and fascinating portrait. Jenkinson is a top Lewis and Clark scholar today. Meriwether Lewis. Richard Dillon. New York, Coward McCann. 1965. 365 pages. Rather short, rather mostly about the expedition (of which better is available elsewhere), but ok. Lewis and Clark, Partners in Discovery. John Bakeless. New York: William Morrow, 1947. A short and very readable account of the expedition and after, serving as brief dual biographies of Lewis and Clark. The Men of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: A Biographical Roster of the Fifty-One Members and a Composite Diary of Their Activities. Charles G. Clarke, University of Nebraska Press, 351 pages, 1951; reprint 2002. The roster is a basic source for details of the individuals of the voyage of discovery. The condensed and edited journal entries make a pretty decent account of the expedition, especially as a kind of huntin' and fishin' trip. This might suit mountain men reenactors today who want to read about the expedition. Joined by a Journey: The Lives of the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery. Mike Crosby. Bureau of land Management, 2005, 126 pages. "Crosby undertakes to divide the entire expediton roster into lotgical units based on their tasks, common experiences, of identities, with a chapter devoted to each..."The French" ... "The Mountain Men", ... "The Sergeants," "the specialists." etc. The Fate of the Corps: What Became of the Lewis and Clark Explorers After the Expedition. Larry E. Morris. Yale University Press, 2004. 320 p. Not a simple roster, or an investigation into every member of the party, but rather this book provides detailed accounts of later lives of Lewis, Pryor, Shannon, Colter, Drouillard, Ordway, Collins, Charbonneau, Sacagawea and a few others. A great piece of work, and a contribution to a L&C library. In Search of York : The Slave Who Went to the Pacific With Lewis and Clark. Robert B. Betts and James J. Holmberg, University Press of Colorado, 2001, 206 pages.
Buffalo Drive: The Journey of York. Frank X. Walker. Poems that are true to the history,
with an African-American understanding. Univ. Press of Kentucky.
George Drouillard Hunter and Interpreter for Lewis and Clark and Fur Trader
. M. O. Skarston. Arthur H. Clark Pub., 1964; Bison Books 2005. 334 pages.
Shakeke The Story of White Coyote, Thomas Jefferson, and Lewis and Clark.
Tracy Potter. Far Country Press.
John Colter His Years in the Rockies.
Harris, Burton. 1952; 1992.
Lincoln: Univ. of Nebraska Press.
Illustrated Meriwether Lewis and William Clark : Soldiers, Explorers, and Partners in History
(People of Distinction Series). Petersen, David and Coburn, Mark. Danbury.: Scholastic Library Publishing, 1988. 152 pp.
Lewis and Clark Among the Indians, James Ronda, (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1984), pp. 256-259. An excellent brief review of what is known about Sacagawea in one of the top expedition histories. "Searching for Sacagawea," Margaret Talbot, National Geographic, (Februrary 2003), pp. 70-85.
“Probing the Riddle of the Bird Woman,” Irving Anderson, Montana: The Magazine of Western History 23 (1973): pp. 2-17.
“A Charbonneau Family Portrait,” Irving Anderson, American West 17 (1980), pp.4-13, 63-64.
Letter to Toussaint Charbonneau, William Clark, August 20 1806, in Donald Jackson , ed., Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Related Documents, 1783-1854, 2 volumes (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1968), Vol. 1, pp. 315-316.
Sacagawea Harold P. Howard. (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1971).
“Boat-Pusher or Bird Woman?” Blanche Schrorer, Annals of Wyoming 52 (1980), pp. 46-54.
Sacagawea Speaks: Beyond the Shining Mountains With Lewis & Clark,
Joyce Badgley Hunsaker. Falcon Publishing Company;
2001, 170 pages. Told in the first person from
Sacagawea's point of view, with photos of
locations and historical artifacts and replica artifacts. Hunsaker is a living historian and
speaker who has presented Sacagawea for many years, incorporating native tribal elders' accounts as well as
the written record.
Interpreters with Lewis and Clark The Story of Sacagawea and Toussaint Charbonneau.
W. Dale Nelson. University of North Texas Press, 2004. "This is the kind of history that
used to be written when people read history for fun."
Sacagawea's Son: The Life of Jean Baptiste Charbonneau.
Marion Tinling. Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2001. 132 pages. "young adult level book"
Sacagawea's Child: the Life of Jean Baptiste Charbonneau. Susan M. Colby. Arthur H. Clark Co., 2005. 203 pages.
"Both biographies [of Jean Baptiste] serve their respective readerships well and are worthy additions.
Because it is sourced and amply foot-noted, Colby's biography will be of greater interest to scholars and
serious students of the Corps of Discovery."
Feasting and Fasting with Lewis and Clark A Food and Social History of the Early 1800s. Leandra Zim Holland. 2003. 288 p. www.lewisandclark-food.com. "...complete coverage of how they ate ... quotations from the journals..." "...vast amount of incredible research ... incredible references..." The Food Journal of Lewis and Clark: Recipes for an Expedition. Mary Gunderson. 2002. History Cooks, Yankton SD. 877-581-8422. $19.95. Combines in chronological order history, journal extracts, lists of provisions, historical notes about the expedition and foods, cooking methods of the journey and times, and many modern recipes using the same ingredients as the expedition had (plus a few more they lacked). For recreating a meal or for a commemorative dinner, this book should be a good choice. Recipes extend from Monticello (Chicken Fricasse and Lemon Ice Cream) to the plains (grilled buffalo steak), to starving times in the mountains (roots and "portable soup") to the Pacific shore (steamed salmon). Very attractively printed. A fine gift for the Lewis and Clark enthusiast. "... both historically accurate and fun ..." The Lewis & Clark Cookbook: With Contemporary Recipes Teri Evenson, 2000. "...inspired by the foods available to the explorers and the Native Americans they encountered on their trek. Most of the meals can be made with supermarket ingredients, while recipes for grouse, venison, buffalo, salmon and walleye also make the book of special interest to the sportsman gourmet." Illustrated with 20-some well-reproduced historic paintings by Karl Bodmer showing scenes and Indian life along the route. Uses modern spices and so on not available in those times or places, but not too far gone. Passage Through the Garden: Lewis and Clark and the Image of the American Northwest. John Logan Allen. 1975. Urbana: Univ. of Illinois Press. Highly regarded as one of the top books about the expedition. Reprinted by Dover with the shortened title Lewis and Clark and the Image of the American Northwest. Finding the West Explorations with Lewis and Clark. Ronda, James P. 2001. U. New Mexico Press. Jefferson's West: A Journey with Lewis and Clark. 2002. Ronda, James P. Thomas Jefferson Foundation. Thomas Jefferson and the Stony Mountains: Exploring the West from Monticello. 1981. Jackson, Donald. Urbana: Univ. Illinois. Jefferson's yearn to learn about the West and what he was hoping to find. Among the Sleeping Giants: Occasional Pieces on Lewis and Clark. Jackson, Donald. Urbana: Univ. Illinois Press, 1987. Voyages of Discovery: Essays on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 1998. Ronda, James P., ed. Helena: Montana Historical Society Press. Articles by Ronda, John L. Allen, Donald Jackson, DeVoto, Moulton and others. Revealing America: Image & Imagination in the Exploration of North America. James P. Ronda. Our Natural History The Lessons of Lewis and Clark. 1995. Botkin, Daniel B. New York: Berkeley Publishing Group. See also his Beyond the Stony Mountains Nature in the American West From Lewis and Clark to Today Acts of Discovery Visions of America in the Lewis and Clark Journals. 1993. Furtwangler, Albert. Urbana: U. Illinois Press. Scenes of Visionary Enchantment: Reflections on Lewis and Clark. Duncan, Dayton. University of Nebraska Press, 2004. A Wilderness So Immense The Louisiana Purchase and the Destiny of America. Jon Kukla. 2003. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. The Great Acquisition An Introduction to the Louisiana Purchase. Peter J. Kastor. Lewis and Clark Interpretive Association, 4201 Giant Springs Road, Great Falls, MT 59405. Jefferson's Great Gamble The Remarkable Story of Jefferson, Napoleon, and the Men Behind the Louisana Purchase. Charles A Cerami. Naperville IL: Sourcebooks. 2003. So Vast, So Beautiful a Land: Louisiana and the Purchase. Marshall Sprague. Boston, 1974. "Philadelphia in 1800." in The World of Washington Irving. Van Wyck Brooks. 1944. New York: E.P. Dutton and Company. Philadelphia, the intellectual capital of the U.S., where Lewis went for training in natural history and medicine, and to purchase essential supplies for the expedition. The History of the United States of America During the Administrations of Jefferson and Madison. Henry Adams. "Nobody has ever written a more graphic and affecting description of the United States as it was in 1800." - Pauline Maier. "Nouvelle-France The Legacy of North America's French Colonists." Mark Rose, 2004. In Archaeology. 57, no. 1, pp. 31-35. The Course of Empire. Bernard DeVoto. 1952. Houghton Mifflin. This is outstanding for the geo-political setting of the expedition, and for geographic ideas, problems, misconceptions, and discoveries. This sets the Lewis and Clark expedition in a grand westering impulse, depicted by individual actions and ideas, beginning centuries before and ending with Clark carving on a tree on the shore of the Pacific Ocean "William Clark December 5, 1805. By land from the U. States." As always with DeVoto, he depicts often-forgotten key historical incidents and issues of the times. The Lewis and Clark pedition is detailed in the second half, from chapter ten to the end. There are few details of on-the-trail daily life or scientific discoveries, but detailed considerations of geography and route choices. DeVoto is a great story-teller and stylist, but this account makes demands on the reader at the college level. Before Lewis and Clark: Documents Illustrating the History of the Missouri, 1785-1804. A. P. Nasatir, ed. 1990. Univ of Nebraska Press. 2 vols. research level. Before Lewis and Clark : The Story of the Chouteaus, the French Dynasty That Ruled America's Frontier. Shirley Christian. 2004. New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux. 528 pp.
Jefferson's Western Explorations by Lewis, Clark, Dr. Sibley & Wm. Dunbar. facsimile of Arthur Clark 1904 edition. D. Erickson et. al, eds.
Prologue to Lewis and Clark: The Mackay and Evans Expedition.
W. Raymond Wood. 2003. University of Oklahoma Press.
Lewis and Clark's America A Voyage of Discovery. Seattle Art Museum, 1976.
The Voyaguer. Grace Lee Nute. 1931. New York: .
Along the Trail with Lewis and Clark, Barbara Fifer and Vickey Soderberg, Montana Magazine/Far Country Press, 2nd edition, 2003, 216 pages. Combines history, tourist info, and maps. "...lots of quotations from the Journals and excellent maps prepared by Joseph Mussulman, as well as abundant information about the sites along the way" - Dorothy Patent. Far Country Press, P.O. Box 5630, Helena MT 59604. $19.95. Traveling the Lewis and Clark Trail. Julie Fanselow, Falcon Publishing Company, 2004, 4th ed., 308 pages. 1-800 582 2665. Bicentennial edition. Excellent reviews of how to see the trail and related cultural centers. Covers exploring the trail by water, pioneer and native Indian sites, and some extra diversions along the way for those in your group needed contact with 2004 activities. "One of the most user-friendly guides available, it makes the trail do-able by the average traveler." (WPO) Lewis and Clark: Historic Places Associated with their Transcontinental Exploration. Roy E. Appleman, National Park Service, 1975, reprinted St. Louis, Jefferson National Expansion Hsitorical Association, 1993. The introduction is one of the best short descriptions of the expedition. National Geographic's Guide to the Lewis and Clark Trail, Thomas Schmidt, National Geographic Society, 1998, 160 pages. The Lewis and Clark Columbia River Water Trail, For Paddlers, Hikers, and Other Explorers, Keith G. Hay. Portland: Timber Press, 2004. (does not include Clearwater or Snake Rivers). Passage of Discovery The American Rivers Guide to the Missouri River of Lewis and Clark. Daniel B. Botkin. NY: Perigee, 1999. How rivers work explained.
Discovering Lewis and Clark from the Air. Jim Work and Joseph Mussulman. Missoula: Montana Press, 2004.
Lewis & Clark: Voyage of Discovery.
Sam Abell (Photographer) and Stephen E. Ambrose,
National Geographic Society, 1998. With scenery photos, pictures of
historical artifacts and illustrations, and a personal
travelogue along the trail, this is the perfect companion for
Ambrose's book Undaunted Courage -- or by itself a good moderate length introduction.
Seeking Western Waters: The Lewis and Clark Trail from the Rockies to the Pacific. Emory M. Strong, Oregon Historical Society 2000,
383 pages. with maps and b&W photos of campsites.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition: A Traveler's Companion for Oregon and Washington.
Stuart and Kathy Watson. 1-800-781-3211.
Lewis and Clark Country. Archie Satterfield, David Muench.
Beautiful America Publishing Co., 1978.
Color photographs of the Lewis and Clark journey from St.
Louis to the Pacific Ocean by Muench,
accompanied by excerpts from the Lewis and Clark journals,
with an essay by Satterfield.
Bicycling the Lewis and Clark Trail.
Michael McCoy. Falcon, 215 p.
Out West: Travels on the Lewis and Clark Trail.
Dayton Duncan. 1998. Personal account of his recent travrls along the trail.
Adventuring Along the Lewis and Clark Trail,
E. G. Grossman, Sierra Club. Pretty much only descriptions of wild areas you can hike in somewhere near the Lewis and Clark trail, such as Glacier Park which they never saw, with no descriptions of
history or history -related things, lodgings, museums, etc.
There are supposed to be 100-some novels based on the expedition. I have not read but two since the actual accounts and modern histories are so good. Everyone I meet is inspired by reading the excellent non-fiction histories by Bernard DeVoto, Stephen Ambrose, etc. I will say that Sign-Talker: The Adventure of George Drouillard on the Lewis and Clark Expedition by James Alexander Thom (Ballantine Books, 608 pages) is sound, and has an interesting and believable native point of view, well expressed.
Lewis and Clark for Kids: Their Journey of Discovery With 21 Activities. .Janis Herbert. Chicago Review Press, 2000, 160 pages. Grades 4 and up. One reviewer says "a must for teachers during the next five years." Includes a wide range of activities adaptable to many grade levels, a glossary, a listing of Lewis and Clark sites, museums, and websites. Good introduction for both adults and kids. This is not history dumbed-dwon, in fact there are interesting details here not easily found elsewhere. Lewis and Clark Expedition. John Hamilton. Abdo Daughters Publishing, 2002. A set of 6 32-page books divided by chronology of the Expedition, each well-illustrated and giving much interesting detail as well as a basic overview. Each volume includes scans of Lewis and Clark journal pages; authentic maps by Clark; full-color photos that retrace the entire journey; reproductions of full-color paintings by Charles Wilson Peale, Karl Bodmer, Edward S. Curtis, Olaf Seltzer, Charles M. Russell, Alfred Jacob Miller, William Jacob Hays, and John Clymer; links to relevant websites. Good for upper elementary grades or middle school use. Volumes may be purchased as a set or separately. The Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clark. Rhoda Blumberg. Scholastic, 1987. Large format illustrated paperback. Overview suited to ages 9-12 or even older. An ALA Notable Book; School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; Golden Kite Award. Following Lewis and Clark's Track The Story of the Corps of Discovery An Educational Activity Book. Hill, William, E. Oregon-California Trails Association, PO Box 1019, Independence Missouri. Worksheets with answers in back, very good Lewis and Clark classroom activities for grade schools. How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis & Clark by Rosalyn Schanzer, National Geographic 2002, 48 pages. Ages 8 to 12. Text is edited journal extracts. Going Along with Lewis and Clark, by Barbara Fifer. Montana Magazine, 48 pages. Grades 4 and up. Lots of pictures. Organized by topics such as "who were they?" Meeting Natives with Lewis and Clark. Barbara Fifer . Helena: Farcountry Press, 2004. It happened on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Erin H. Turner. Guildford (CT): Two Dot, 2002. Life in a Plains Camp. Bobbie Kalman, New York: Crabtree, 2001. Many beautiful paintings of Plains Indian life, by several recent artitsts. crabtreebooks.com Animals on the Trail with Lewis and Clark by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent (author), William Munoz (illustrator), Clarion Books, 2002, 128 pages. Grades 4 and up. Includes sources, further reading, and a list of 121 animals new to Lewis and Clark. Excellent color photographs of animals, landscape, artifacts, and sites. Plants on the Trail with Lewis and Clark by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent (author), William Munoz (illustrator), Clarion Books. The companion volume to the above. Lewis and Clark Expedition Coloring Book by Peter F. Copeland. Good for appearance of clothing and equipment, although therre are some implausible scenes, such as full dress uniforms on a day when the expedition was on river travel with no native visitors. Cooking on the Lewis and Clark Expedition by Mary Gunderson. Blue Earth Books, 2000. "Geared toward kids from 8 to 14 or so, this book neatly combines a good basic history of the expedition with eight simple recipes (Hominy and Bacon, Pan-Fried Catfish, Simple Meat Soup...) that reflect the foods actually eaten by the Corps of Discovery." 32 pages. The Adventures of Lewis and Clark. John Bakeless. Houghton Mifflin, 1959, 183 pages. Lively telling for young people. Bakeless was an expedition scholar. The Lewis and Clark Expedition. Richard Neuberger. 1951. 180 pages. Another classic that started some of us enthutsiasts many years ago on a warm sleepy summer day under a tree, or perhaps by the fireplace in winter. This Vast Land A Young Man's Journal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Stephen E. Ambrose. Simon & Schuster, 2003. (age 8 to 13 or so) The Captain's Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe. Roland Smith. Gulliver Books, Harcourt, Inc., 1999, 287 pages. Seaman, Lewis's shaggy black Newfoundland dog, tells the story of the Expedition from his point of view. Obviously drawn with care from the Journals and with much detail about animal life along the way, as well as observations on the human interactions seen with canine insight and sensitivity, Seaman's account should provide a good introduction to the Lewis and Clark Expedition for Middle School readers. Sacajawea. Joseph Bruchac. Harcourt, Inc, 2000, 200 pages. This fictional account
alternates Sacajawea and William Clark telling their experiences to Sacajawea's 7 year old son, Pomp,
who was born on the Expedition. Incorporates excerpts from Clark's and Lewis's
journals as well as traditional Shoshone tales and includes a useful bibliography.
Should interest Middle School readers and provide a quick introduction for adults as well.
Streams to the River, River to the Sea. Scott O'Dell. Fawcett, 163 pages. Another version from Sacajawea's viewpoint,
mor fictionalized, by the Newberry Medal-winning author of Island of the Blue Dolphins.
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