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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery: The Abridgment of the Definitive Nebraska Edition (2003)di Meriwether Lewis, William E. Clark
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In their own words, recorded in the famous journals of Lewis and Clark, the members of the Corps of Discovery tell their story with an immediacy and power missing from secondhand accounts. All of their triumphs and terrors are here: the thrill of seeing the vast herds of bison, the fear the captains felt when Sacagawea fell ill, the ordeal of crossing the Continental Divide. The natural wonders of an unspoiled America are here, and the lives and customs of its native peoples also vividly come to life, making for a living drama that is humorous, poignant and, at least once, tragic. Editor Gary E. Moulton blends the narrative highlights of his definitive Nebraska edition of the Lewis and Clark journals to bring forth the voices of the enlisted men and of the Native Americans, heard for the first time alongside the words of the captains. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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At over 400 pages (abridged!), this is a fascinating and incredibly documented adventure story transcribed from the actual diary entries of the expedition members. I rarely found it dry or boring, and suspect that perhaps the slow or uneventful parts were already edited out. English spelling was not yet standardized at the time, and this is evident in some paragraphs where the same word is spelled in a number of different ways, depending apparently on what the writer felt like in the moment. Some of the more intriguing passages involve the interactions between the men and the tribes they meet. Their reception is most often congenial and welcoming, if also a bit wary and, considering what we now know about the United States' future relations, somewhat disturbing. Lewis and Clark's inner thoughts are thick with eurocentric superiority punctuated by rare, brief glimpses recognizing a shared humanity.
The journals are chock full of introspective, amusing and memorable quotes, including these few that I jotted down:
* "men complain verry much of the emence labour they are obliged to undergo & wish much to leave the river." [While hauling canoes over rocky parts of the river]
* "these men then advanced and embraced me very affectionately in their way which is by puting their left arm over you wright shoulder clasping your back, while they apply their left cheek to yours and frequently vociforate the word ah-hi-e, ah-hi-e that is, I am much pleased, I am much rejoiced. Bothe parties now advanced and we wer all carresed and besmeared with their grease and paint till I was heartily tired of the national hug." [meeting the Shoshones]
* "This day I completed my thirty first year, and conceived that I had in all human probability now existed about half the period which I am to remain in this Sublunary world. I reflected that I had as yet done but little, very little indeed, to further the hapiness of the human race, or to advance the information of the succeeding generation." [Lewis' birthday]
* "Drewyer killed two beaver and shot third which bit his knee very badly and escaped."
* "a Wolf bit Sergt. Pryor through his hand when asleep, and Shannon fortunately Shot him. Sergt. Pryers hand has nearly recovered." ( )