How we crossed the West : the adventures of Lewis & Clark /
At head of title: Lewis & Clark
by Rosalyn Schanzer.
- Washington, D.C. : [Emeryville, CA] : National Geographic Society ; Distributed by Publishers Group West, c1997.
- [40] p. : col. ill ; 28 cm.
A colored map of the route of Lewis & Clark westward from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean from May 1804 to November 1805 on endpapers.
Wilson's Children. Elem. School Library Collection. School Library Journal starred.
Uses quotes from the travelers' own journals to tell the story of the 1804 expedition undertaken by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to search for a river route to the Pacific Ocean, and features illustrations based upon descriptions from the journals, as well as drawings and paintings of the time.