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Gr 3-6 Seaman, a highly intelligent and sensitive dog that accompanied the Corps of Discovery, introduces youngsters to this exciting epic of United States history. The chapters are based on accounts in Lewis's journals, from which a relevant quote closes each fictional episode. The focus is...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Although Meriwether Lewis's giant dog, Seaman, is mentioned only twenty-eight times in the collective journals from the Corps of Discovery ("the writingest explorers of all time"), he merits two books of his own to mark the two-hundred-year anniversary of the expedition. Myers allows Seaman to narrate his own tale, with the dog emphasizing a bond with Lewis almost as strong as that between wizard and familiar. Seaman describes seven dramatic incidents mentioned in the journals, including hunting squirrels in a river, being kidnapped by Indians, and having a beaver sever an artery. In contrast, Pringle abridges the original journals, allowin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More