Ambrose, Stephen E. This vast land; a young man's journal of the Lewis and Clark expedition.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)

From: Kliatt | Date: September 1, 2003| Author: Rohrlick, Paula | Copyright information

Simon & Schuster. 304p. c2003. 0-689-86448-5. $17.95. JS

This posthumous book by the famous historian commemorating the bicentennial of the journey of the Corps of Discovery is his only work of fiction. George Shannon was a real teenager, the youngest member of the expedition. In this novel in diary form, Ambrose imagines what his experience might have been like. Only 17 at the start of the journey, George walks from his hometown of Philadelphia to Pittsburgh to convince ...

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