{"product_id":"1969-lewis-and-clark-expedition-original-journals-of-the-lewis-and-clark-expedition-1804-1806-all-loose-maps-present","title":"1969 LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION. Full Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 1804-1806 - All Loose Maps Present.","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"0\" class=\"first-token\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA near fine complete set of Reuben Gold Thwaites’ eight-volume edition of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"50\" class=\"\"\u003eOriginal Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1804–1806, one of the most significant imprints in discovery and exploration scholarship. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"0\" class=\"first-token\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrior to Thwaites’ initial 1904–1905 publication,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the public relied heavily on Nicholas Biddle's 1814 heavily sanitized and heavily edited narrative paraphrase,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e which omitted vast quantities of primary scientific,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ethnographic,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and daily observational data.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Thwaites was the first scholar to transcribe and publish the actual unedited daily journals of Meriwether Lewis,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e William Clark,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and key crew members line-for-line,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e preserving their exact phonetic spelling,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e vernacular,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e syntax,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and raw field observations. Arno's complete 8 volume edition is simply the highest quality imprint of Thwaites' definitive text available. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnlike many extant examples of the  Arno edition, the present offering includes the dedicated loose leaf atlas, contained in an eighth volume and housed in the accompanying clamshell box. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe atlas contains precise facsimile reproductions of fifty-four route maps drawn by William Clark along with detailed topographical charts,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e making it an indispensable resource for understanding early American exploration,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e territorial boundary plotting,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and Native American settlement locations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 1969 Arno Press printing is\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a highly durable,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e faithful reprint of Thwaites’ landmark centennial work at a time when the original 1904 Dodd,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Mead \u0026amp; Company sets had become virtually unobtainable outside of major university special collections.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Enhanced by an insightful introduction from renowned historian Bernard DeVoto.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThwaites, Reuben Gold [Ed.] Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 1804 - 1806. With an Introduction by Bernard De Voto. Complete in 8 Volumes. Arno Press. 1969. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good, near fine in original green cloth with onlay illustration. Volume 8 is the clamshell volume contaning the loose folding maps. This volume often absent or pilfered. Some very minor bumping. Else a pristine, unused set.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67990553002020,"sku":null,"price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/specsfinebooks.com\/products\/1969-lewis-and-clark-expedition-original-journals-of-the-lewis-and-clark-expedition-1804-1806-all-loose-maps-present","provider":"Specs Fine Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}