Out West: An American Journey Along the Lewis and Clark Trail - Softcover

Duncan, Dayton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0670808229 ISBN 13: 9780670808229

Publisher: Viking, 1987

Synopsis

Describes the author's trip through the American West--retracing Lewis and Clark's historic trail from the Gateway Arch in St. Louis to the Oregon coast--and his encounters with the people who have adopted the myths of the West

About this title

From Library Journal:

Following Lewis and Clark's 1804-06 expedition route, transplanted (to New Hampshire) Iowan Duncan weaves a description of that journey with his own and that area's history. Although adding what has happened in intervening years is reasonable, it occasionally interrupts the dramatic juxtaposition between the 19th-century explorers and the 20th-century writer. Nevertheless, we are left with a sense of awe for Lewis and Clark's accomplishment and envy for Duncan's travels. This is a book of adventure, sightseeing, history, people, and the land. With Duncan, we see Omaha stockyards, depressed farm country, an Indian "sweat," legalized buffalo hunting, and a Nez Perce powwow. His travels engender a concern for the plight of the Native American and the declining family farm. Photos not seen. Roger W. Fromm, Bloomsburg Univ. of Pennsylvania Lib.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

Tracing the route taken by the Lewis and Clark expedition leads a modern traveler to a lot dead ends; as New Hampshire journalist Duncan discovered, time and civilization have wrought change. Driving a battered camper, he made two summer journeys and one in winter, following the explorers' trail of discovery. Duncan tried to experience situations akin to those of the expedition: in North Dakota he spent a wintry night in a Mandan earth lodge, sleeping under buffalo robes; in Montana he joined other Lewis and Clark buffs for a canoe trip on the Missouri to a well-documented campsite. From St. Louis to the Oregon coast, Duncan introduces us to the small towns and people of the modern West. This is an off-beat story that successfully combines history, travel and personal adventure. 35,000 first printing; author tour.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0670808229
• ISBN 13: 9780670808229
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 434