Scenes of Visionary Enchantment: Reflections on Lewis and Clark

by Dayton Duncan

Book Overview

Suffering from a case of "road fever" brought on by prolonged exposure to the journals of Lewis and Clark, Dayton Duncan has retraced the Corps of Discovery's route from Saint Louis to the Pacific and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803217242
• ISBN13: 9780803217249
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Why Lewis and Clark's discoveries remain so important today

There have been a great many fine books published in the last year on Lewis and Clark. One of the very best of those books is Dayton Duncan's Scenes Of Visionary Enchantment: Reflections On Lewis And Clark and richly deserves ongoing recommendation beyond the famous expedition's anniversary date. Presenting Duncan's retracing of the Corps of Discovery's route from St. Louis to the Pacific and back - four different times in the past twenty years, his travelogue commentary provides keen insights on people and places seen along the way, emphasizing why Lewis and Clark's discoveries remain so important today.