Cover of Opening the West With Lewis and Clark: By Boat, Horse and Foot Up the Great River Missouri, Across the Stony Mountains and on to the Pacific, When in the Years 1804, 1805, 1806, Young Captain Lewis, the Long Knife, and His Friend Captain Clark, the Red Head Chief, Aided by Sacajawea, the Birdwoman, Conducted Their Little Band of Men Tried and True Through the Unknown New United States by Edwin L. Sabin

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Opening the West With Lewis and Clark: By Boat, Horse and Foot Up the Great River Missouri, Across the Stony Mountains and on to the Pacific, When in the Years 1804, 1805, 1806, Young Captain Lewis, the Long Knife, and His Friend Captain Clark, the Red Head Chief, Aided by Sacajawea, the Birdwoman, Conducted Their Little Band of Men Tried and True Through the Unknown New United States

by Edwin L. Sabin

Level B2 · Upper-intermediateHistorical27 chapters
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About this book

Join Captains Lewis and Clark as they lead a daring expedition through uncharted American territories, navigating rivers, mountains, and meeting Native guides like Sacajawea, to claim the vast Louisiana Purchase for the young United States.

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Contents

27 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02FOREWORD
03THE EXPEDITION
04THE RANK AND FILE
05I MAKING READY
06II THE START
07I THE COMING OF THE WHITE CHIEFS
08II PETER GOES ABOARD
09III PETER MEETS THE CHIEFS
10IV TO THE LAND OF THE SIOUX
11V BAD HEARTS
12VI THE CAPTAINS SHOW THEIR SPUNK

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