Animals on the trail with Lewis and Clark / Dorothy Hinshaw Patent ; photos by William Muñoz.
Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw.; Muñoz, William, ill.
2002
F592.7 .P37 2002 (Mapit)
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Title Animals on the trail with Lewis and Clark / Dorothy Hinshaw Patent ; photos by William Muñoz.
Author Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw.
ISBN 0395914159
Publication Details New York : Clarion Books, c2002.
Language English
Description vii, 118 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 26 cm.
Call Number F592.7 .P37 2002
Dewey Decimal Classification 917.804/2
Summary Retraces the Lewis and Clark journey and blends their observations of previously unknown animals with modern information about those same animals. In 1804 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were sent by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the largely uncharted western territory of North America, and thus became critical figures in America's expansion and major contributors to its scientific scholarship. They observed and documented scores of animals, including the Great Plains wolf, mule deer, prairie dogs, grizzly bears, and salmon. Several species and subspecies of mammals, birds, and fish previously unknown to science were recorded for the first time; the information gathered would serve as the basis of scientific study for years to come. Collected here are stunning photographs by William Muǫz that catalog the diverse array of wildlife witnessed by Lewis and Clark. Nature lovers and history buffs alike will be intrigued by this unusual account of the journey, whose bicentennial will soon be celebrated. Route maps, suggestions for further reading, chronology of animals sighted, index.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-107) and index.
Added Author Muñoz, William, ill.
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Journey of discovery
Through plains and prairies
Buffalo, ruler of the prairie
Wolves and coyotes, the wild dogs of the plains
Meeting the grizzly
Into the mountains
Down the Columbia river
Long, wet winter
Journey home
Fate of the journals and specimens
Learn more
Chronology of animal discoveries new to science
Index.

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