Weapons of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

by Jim Garry

When Meriwether Lewis began shopping for supplies and firearms to take on the Corps of Discovery's journey west, his first stop was a federal arsenal. For the following twenty-nine months, from the time the Lewis and Clark expedition left Camp Dubois with a cannon salute in 1804 until it announced its return from the West Coast to St. Louis with a volley in 1806, weapons were a crucial component of the participants' tool kit. In Weapons of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806160519
• ISBN13: 9780806160511
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"