I don’t
believe I’ve read anything about the Louisiana Purchase or the Lewis and Clark
expedition since grade school. (Which of course was only a couple years after
Lewis and Clark returned from their trip.)
Anyhow, I
was amazed by the sheer heroism of this expedition, undertaken because of
Thomas Jefferson’s vision to find an overland route to the Pacific Ocean.
Meriwether
Lewis was a Renaissance man. Son and step-son of military men, he was an Army
officer personally selected by Thomas Jefferson as his own right-hand man.
Lewis was like a son to the President.
