The Saga of Lewis & Clark: Into the Uncharted West

by Thomas Schmidt and Jeremy Schmidt

Storytellers are many, but illustrators are few--and few books on the epic journey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark are as beautiful as The Saga of Lewis & Clark. Illustrations from the original... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789446383
• ISBN13: 9780789446381
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 10.4" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Audacity and Fierce Peril

"The object of your mission is to explore the Missouri river, & such principal stream of it, as, by it's course and communication with the waters of the Pacific ocean, whether the Columbia, Oregon, Colorado or any other river may offer the most direct & practicable water communication across this continent for the purposes of commerce." -Thomas Jefferson, Instruction to Lewis, June 20, 1803The Saga of Lewis & Clark is richly illustrated with lavish full-color photography, annotated topographical maps, pictorial timelines, sketches of the animal and plant species first recorded during the "voyage of discovery," archival images of native cultural arts and crafts, quotes and pictures of the land Lewis and Clark viewed on their journey to the Pacific. There are pictures of Clark's field journal and a fold-out map of the journey to put it all in perspective. The chapters include: Members of the Expedition - pictures of the letter from Jefferson and gorgeouspictures of the scenery. Underway - Bound for the Pacific through the interior of the continentOnto the Plains - Stories of the Tribes living on the plains. Off the Map - Confrontations with grizzly bearsOver "Those Tremendous Mountains"On to the Sea - Rapids and finally, some pictures I recognize as home! I can almost smellthe salty sea now as I look at the pictures. We visited Fort Clatsop once with my aunt. Homeward Bound - Humorous story about fending off the herd of bison. Yikes! Log - Expedition Roster, Index, Credits, Animal Listings, Plant Listings, GlossaryA retelling of the greatest wilderness trip ever recorded. Thomas Schmidt and Jeremy Schmidt truly have created a magnificent keepsake of this journey into the uncharted West. An Epic Journey!

Beautifully Illustrated Account of the Corps of Discovery

This is a wonderfully illustrated retelling of the incredible expedition to the West and the Pacific Ocean undertaken by the Corps of Discovery, that amazing group of men (and women) who trekked over four thousand miles from St. Louis to the west coast and back over the course of two years from 1804-1806. The story of Lewis and Clark's journey to the West has been told many times, but never in such an accessible and enjoyable format as this. It is pepppered with excerpts from the expedition's meticulously kept journals and vivid descriptions of the unknown land and the native tribes they encountered in their travels into the vast Louisiana Territory. This book is bursting with beautiful photos, paintings, and drawings that draw the reader into this truly amazing story of adventure and discovery that shaped a young new nation.

An informative, beautifully illustrated account.

Beautiful, bright color photos pepper every page and often offer full-page spreads to accompany timelines, topographical maps, and rich accounts of the Lewis and Clark journey. Their words and experiences come to life in The Saga of Lewis & Clark, a survey which reveals different aspects of the travelers' discoveries and experiences, with Wayne Mumford providing the beautiful photography.

Truly Outstanding!

This book is so interesting. The photos in this book are awesome the excerpts from the journals and his commentary really stand out. This book is well worth it. It will supply you with many hours of enjoyment, I know,it did for me.

It's an art book! No, it's an adventure book

This is a terrific art book which, when you think about it, is plenty to ask of a topnotch adventure tale. There are plenty of key works of Western art in this book, gorgeously reproduced. Karl Bodmer, John Clymer, CM Russell, not to mention several very sharp repros from the original Lewis and Clark journals. Talk about grit and charm.The book's copious maps will appeal to fans of the excellent Raven series. They look like sharp aerial photos. Doubletrucked across the top of an already wide book, you take in maybe 300 miles of virgin terrain in one eyeful. The writers are the true tex-istensialists, wandering Lewis & Clark's West under dire skies as well as perfect ones with casual competency. They give us a fresh spin on that legendary trek of two centuries ago, knowing that we are interested in the subject and not the writers themselves. Now, that's refreshing storytelling.