Lewis and Clark Lexicon of Discovery

by Alan H. Hartley

What is a cataplasm, and what do you do with one? Would you be insulted if someone called you a higgler? Would you want someone to give you a basilicon? What does it mean when a canoe flacks? Would you eat wapato? Familiar to Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, these words were penned by expedition members in their journals but are not commonly spoken, written, or understood today.

Now the Lewis and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874222788
• ISBN13: 9780874222784
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Washington State University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"