Waiting for Lewis and Clark: The Bicentennial and the Changing West

by David Sarasohn

Book Overview

Across thousands of miles, Indian tribes, environmental activists, tourism promoters, and keelboat re-enactors saw the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial as a rare opportunity. The 200th anniversary of the expedition that helped open the West arrived at a time of seismic change in the region- a time when its economy, politics, and even population were shifting sharply. For three years, journalist and historian David Sarasohn followed the planning of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087595295X
• ISBN13: 9780875952956
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher