Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis Thomas Jefferson And The Opening Of The American West Free Audiobook Download by Stephen E. Ambrose
The book highlights Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's difficult journey to map the west. It also talks about their life style and how it was different from other people in the United States.
Meriwether Lewis Thomas Jefferson, a 1785 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, was the last president of the United States. He is best known for his exploration of the west and his appointment as governor of Louisiana Territory while in office. In Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis Thomas Jefferson and The Opening of The American West, author Stephen E. Ambrose tells the story of how Jefferson overcame great adversity to fulfill an important four-year mission to find out what lay beyond the Mississippi River.
Meriwether Lewis and Thomas Jefferson are two of the most important figures in American history. They led different expeditions to explore and map the new western country, but there is a lot more that connects these men together. Jefferson paved the way for the Lewis expedition, which ended in tragedy and death. But unlike the Lewis expedition, Jefferson's expedition was a success. He made it all the way to Monticello, just up the road from where he started out years earlier, while Lewis died far from home on his way back to civilization.
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis Thomas Jefferson And The Opening Of The American West, by Stephen E. Ambrose is a very informative and captivating read. This book explores the story of Meriwether Lewis and his travels in search of the headwaters of the Missouri River. The author discusses how Lewis was a fearless young man despite being ill-prepared for such an ambitious journey
Published Date | 1996-06-01 |
Duration | 22 hours 0 minutes |
Author | Stephen E. Ambrose |
Narrated | Barrett Whitener |
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Abridged | No |
Is It Free? | 30-days Free |
Category | Biography & Memoir |
Parent Category | History & Culture, North America, World |