ebooks Liberated Threads: Black Women; Style; and the Global Politics of Soul (Gender and American Culture) by Tanisha C. Ford in History

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'This was much more than a bunch of guys out on an exploring and collecting expedition. This was a military expedition into hostile territory'. In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary; Captain Meriwether Lewis; to lead a pioneering voyage across the Great Plains and into the Rockies. It was completely uncharted territory; a wild; vast land ruled by the Indians. Charismatic and brave; Lewis was the perfect choice and he experienced the savage North American continent before any other white man. UNDAUNTED COURAGE is the tale of a hero; but it is also a tragedy. Lewis may have received a hero's welcome on his return to Washington in 1806; but his discoveries did not match the president's fantasies of sweeping; fertile plains ripe for the taking. Feeling the expedition had been a failure; Lewis took to drink and piled up debts. Full of colourful characters - Jefferson; the president obsessed with conquering the west; William Clark; the rugged frontiersman; Sacagawea; the Indian girl who accompanied the expedition; Drouillard; the French-Indian hunter - this is one of the great adventure stories of all time and it shot to the top of the US bestseller charts. Drama; suspense; danger and diplomacy combine with romance and personal tragedy making UNDAUNTED COURAGE an outstanding work of scholarship and a thrilling adventure.