Northern Expeditions of Stephen H.Long: The Journals of 1817 and 1823 and Related Documents

By: Kane, Lucille

Between 1816 and 1823 Stephen Harriman Long headed five expeditions that traveled 26,000 miles from the Atlantic coast to the Rocky Mountains and from the headwaters of the Canadian River in New Mexico to Lake Winnipeg in Canada. This book deals with two of his northern journeys--the only two for which the explorer's personal journals are known to have survived. The 1817 journal describes Long's trip up the Mississippi River to the Falls of St. Anthony...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873514955
• ISBN13: 9780873514958
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 8.9"