Undaunted Courage | Review of Undaunded Courage
In the following review, Herman J. Viola finds that
‘‘Ambrose presents a carefully-written, well-balanced,
and thoroughly researched biography of
Lewis as well as a compelling history of the
expedition.’’
Thomas Jefferson, the grand architect of Manifest Destiny, ventured no farther west than the Blue Ridge Mountains, yet he determined the westward course of American expansion as deftly as he charted his country’s route to political independence. Our nation’s territorial growth in large part is owing to Jefferson’s vision, pragmatism, and, perhaps most important, scientific curiosity. His eyes to the West were provided by his protegé Meriwether Lewis who, with his companion William Clark, unlocked the secrets of the trans-Mississippi West.
Jefferson had...
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