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Reviewed on September 15, 2006
By October 1809, Meriwether Lewis was a man in trouble. A national hero-along with friend and co-captain William Clark-after his return from the Pacific Expedition in 1806, he should have been well placed for future greatness. But beset by backbiting subordinates and the plotting of Gen. James Wilkinson, he descended into alcoholism, disease, and possibly madness. Lewis set out in September to journey to Federal City (then th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More