The Journals of Lewis and Clark
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This selection captures the friendship between the leaders, the trials that required acts of heroism, and reveals the human dimension of the group.
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I am not an accomplished reader so it has to really hold my attention to end a book. This book is written exactly from L&C’s journals. Lots of mispelled words and some confusion. Sometimes hard to follow. Sometimes the minute details are a bit much. They don’t really expound on things. I guess what they go through on a day to day basis is to some extent mundane at times. Overall a decent read IMO…I wouldn’t get it again if I knew what I know now. Oh well. Delight in!
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
This was a gift for Christmas for my spouse who became interested in Lewis and Clark when the journals were published in our area paper. He was very pleased with getting this book.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
In my reading I establish some things I liked and some things I did not like.
The introduction that John Bakeless added in was fantastic. Although it is long, I would recommend people to read it before they read the book. The introduction does as it should, by giving a sense of purpose and background of the expedition before it starts.
I liked how the book was written in a journal format by giving the date above the passage. The date helped give a sense of time in the book. The journal format also made the book seem simpler to read. It gave the book a more realistic feel. I would not recommend this book to people who are looking for grammatically right sentences. The sentences are taken down in log book form and are regularly not written grammatically right.
I was sometimes confused on who was writing the journal entry. In some entries it was customary who was writing it, but in others you had to find a clue in the passage to find the leader. I regularly establish myself skimming down the passage looking for hints to know who wrote it.
Because the book was edited by John Bakeless, it contained several footnotes. I establish the footnotes extremely useful as I was reading it. They gave a definition and background to certain things that if it was your first time reading about Lewis and Clark you otherwise would not know of. For example you find out that one of their favorite foods was beaver tail.
In the beginning of the journey I ongoing to get bored of it because it listed routine day-to-day activities like court-martials, hunting expeditions, and weather reports. But as I got farther into the book it became mildly exciting such as being chased by the grizzly bears, nearly falling off cliffs, nearly drowning, or when they faced unfriendly natives.
Overall I did not like this book. I came in to reading this book thinking that this whole book was going to be filled with exciting events that took place during their expedition. I was disappointed and establish only a few exciting events. If a name was to read this I would caution them that there are not many exciting parts and most of it is filled with mundane activities.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
Living on the Columbia River most of my living years, Lewis and Clark are very vital to me. This book has been and is still my favorite Lewis and Clark book that I ever did own. I am a Lewis and Clark enthusiast. I admire and like history especially anything to do with Lewis and Clark. They are incredible people of the past that any age group would be interested in learning about. They invoked my interest into the like and joy of learning about history.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
While reading the preface of this book, I learned so much that I had not learned before regarding our nation’s early history and expansion, including how the early explorers were selected for this journey. What they went through on the journey was nearly herculean. The trials and tribulations of these men (and one woman with a child) were unimaginable. They were incredible people and I cannot recommend too highly this book. This is probably the best book I have ever read.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5