Bitterroot: The Life and Death of Meriwether Lewis

by Patricia Tyson Stroud

In America's early national period, Meriwether Lewis was a towering figure. Selected by Thomas Jefferson to lead the expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase, he was later rewarded by Jefferson with the governorship of the entire Louisiana Territory. Yet within three years, plagued by controversy over administrative expenses, Lewis found his reputation and career in tatters. En route to Washington to clear his name, he died mysteriously in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812249844
• ISBN13: 9780812249842
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 9.1"