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Despite what many might think, "Undaunted Courage" by Steven Ambrose is an excellent non-fiction adventure about the journey of Lewis and Clark. This book rekindled my interest in the Lewis and Clark Exhibition and I would recommend it to all. An excellent book that forces one to appreciate not just Lewis and Clark, but all Americans who took great risks to allow us to live as we do. In many standard books, it is said that Lewis death was an accident or a murder, while in "Undaunted Courage" his death has ruled a suicide. I had also learned that the only people on this journey were Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and a young Indian named Sacagawea, a young Indian who had been captured by Lewis and Clark to serve as a guide. Another taught …show more content…

Through even more of the trip European influences, such as British guns and whiskey, were the common place which can also, partially, be attributed to the extensive trading among the nations, which meant that even if Europeans had not traded with a tribe that tribe could still have European products. These products were very much desired by the Indians and they needed white trading posts, so to be extremely hostile to the whites would not have helped them much. "Undaunted Courage" by Steven Ambrose is an excellent non-fiction adventure about the journey of Lewis and Clark. An excellent book that forces one to appreciate not just Lewis and Clark, but all Americans who took great risks to allow us to live as we do. In many standard books, it is said that Lewis death was an accident or a murder, while in "Undaunted Courage" his death has ruled a suicide. I had also learned that the only people on this journey were Merywether Lewis, William Clark, and a young Indian named Sacagawea, a young Indian who had been captured by Lewis and Clark to serve as a guide. Another taught misconception is that from the beginning of the Lewis and Clark expedition there were no more white people and that for the entire way the expedition was discovering land never seen by civilized …show more content…

These products were very much desired by the Indians and they needed white trading posts, so to be extremely hostile to the whites would not have helped them much. It would be safe to assume that "Undaunted Courage" by Steven Ambrose is an excellent non-fiction adventure about the journey of Lewis and Clark. An excellent book that forces one to appreciate not just Lewis and Clark, but all Americans who took great risks to allow us to live as we do. In many standard books, it is said that Lewis death was an accident or a murder, while in "Undaunted Courage" his death has ruled a suicide. I had also learned that the only people on this journey were Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and a young Indian named Sacagawea, a young Indian who had been captured by Lewis and Clark to serve as a guide. Another taught misconception is that from the beginning of the Lewis and Clark expedition there were no more white people and that for the entire way the expedition was discovering land never seen by civilized eyes. Through even more of the trip European influences, such as British guns and whiskey, were the common place which can also, partially, be attributed to the extensive trading among the nations, which meant that even if Europeans had not traded with a tribe that tribe could still have European

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