Into the Wilderness: The Lewis and Clark Expedition

by James J. Holmberg

Book Overview

"When Thomas Jefferson sent a team of explorers to discover a way to the Pacific Ocean two hundred years ago, the western border of the United States was the Mississippi River. It was Jefferson's dream to uncover the mysteries of the distant lands beyond. In 1803, the president sent a team of thirty men, lead by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, up the Missouri River, across the Rocky Mountains, down the Columbia River to the Pacific, and back home...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813109132
• ISBN13: 9780813109138
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.2" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 3