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Bitterroot: The Life and Death of Meriwether Lewis
By Stroud, Patricia Tyson
- ISBN
- 9780812249842 9780812294712
- Publisher
- Univ. of Pennsylvania
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 23, 2018 | Nonfiction
Some of the most memorable words describing Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809) come from the pen of Thomas Jefferson. In support of Lewis's selection to lead an exploration of the Louisiana Purchase, Jefferson wrote that Lewis was "of courage undaunted" and that he possessed "firmness of mind and body." Yet four years after Lewis's untimely death, Jefferson wrote that Lewis's mind was clouded and that he suffered from depression and was heavily dependent upon alcoh...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
