Opening The West With Lewis And Clark: By Boat, Horse And Foot, Up The Great River Missouri, Across The Stony Mountains And On To The Pacific

by Edwin L. Sabin

The primary character in this story is a pioneer boy who tags along with the Lewis and Clark expedition. The main character was raised by Indians after his family is killed and so is able to help the party as a translator. He describes the characters, sites and events of the expedition.

296 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1918

About the author

Edwin L. Sabin (1870-1954) was a newspaper reporter for some time before moving into publishing as an accomplished author specializing in Western historical fiction, and he and his wife eventually moved to California to be closer to his subject matter. Sabin enjoyed success in this field for several decades before he was hit hard by the Great Depression.

Reviews

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

I made the smooth-reading of this book and Project Gutenberg will publish it pretty soon.

[Audiobook Heaven · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book, I listened to the audiobook version on YouTube. I will leave the link below so that everyone can enjoy it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36jq5...

[G T · Rating 2 out of 5]

as the title suggests, this is the story of Lewis and Clark and their adventure to the pacific ocean and back. Lewis was employed by Thomas Jefferson to explore all the new land that was bought from France. this book goes through most or all of the excursions that the corps of discovery did.