Acts of discovery : visions of America in the Lewis and Clark journals / Albert Furtwangler.

Author: Furtwangler, Albert, 1942-

Imprint:Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1993.

Descriptionxi, 276 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Note:1. Discovery and Serendipity -- 2. The American Sublime -- 3. Confronting the Bear -- 4. Extending George Washington's Errand -- 5. Ingesting America -- 6. Signals of Friendship -- 7. Reading the Birds -- 8. Finding Words -- 9. The Rhythms of Rivers -- 10. Themes for a Wilderness Epic -- 11. Ghosts on the Trail -- 12. The Rockies by Moonlight.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-267) and index.

This item has been checked out 28 time(s)
and currently has 0 hold request(s).