The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis

by Ron Burns

Book Overview

In 1809, Meriweather Lewis, now Louisiana Territory governor, dies mysteriously at an inn, leading his friend, ornithologist Alexander Wilson, and Harrison Hull, an Army captain, to investigate, in a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312093470
• ISBN13: 9780312093471
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic mystery

A thoroughly engaging read, filled with historical interest, amazing characters, and a story line that makes an all night read inevitable. Scenes of St. Louis fur trade politics and US Army collapse in 1812 campaign in Great Lakes theater were fascinating. I was stunned at the elegance and complexity of the dialogues between the characters--a new high in sophistication. Burns meant to write a mystery with a backdrop of historical events. It is not an historical opus. Question: Did Meriwether get drugged throughout this book, did he have malaria, or was he unbalanced? Author does not answer these possibilities.