Undaunted Courage | A Compassionate and Insightful Study of Lewis' Strengths and Weaknesses
In the
following essay, Kelly Winters commends Stephen Ambrose’s
Undaunted Courage for the succinctness of the
account, ‘‘its rich detail and often entertaining
tone,’’ and its ‘‘compassionate and insightful study
of Lewis’ strengths and weaknesses.’’
When an aunt gave Stephen Ambrose a complete set of the journals of the explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, Ambrose read them and was ‘‘entranced.’’ The journals spurred him to begin twenty years of research, some of which involved books, and much of which involved retracing their journey--on foot, in a canoe, or on horses, with family and friends. Ambrose’s personal experience of the land and the journey shines through Undaunted Courage, making it a ‘‘splendid retelling’’ of the original explorers’ trek, according to a writer in Kirkus...
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