Of Courage Undaunted (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: James Daugherty
- First Published: 1951
- Time of Work: 1803–1806
- Setting: The Western United States between Missouri and Oregon
- Principal Characters: Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Sacajawea, Toussaint Charbonneau, Peter Cruzatte, George Drewyer
- Genres: Nonfiction, Children’s literature, Biography
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Native Americans or American Indians, Rivers or waterways, Pacific Northwest, Hunting or hunters, Rocky Mountains, Biography, Mountains, Exploration or explorers, Wildlife, Natural history
- Locales: West (U.S.)
Form and Content
James Daugherty begins each of the five major sections in Of Courage Undaunted: Across the Continent with Lewis and Clark with a narrative poem summarizing the events detailed in the shorter segments. The segments themselves are often organized by the place and date of the expedition’s journey, thus creating a kind of journalistic narrative that is supported by actual selections from the journal entries of both Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Each entry details both men’s thoughts and observations, listing the exact date and location of the...
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