On the Trail of Sacagawea - Hardcover

Lourie, Peter

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9781563978401: On the Trail of Sacagawea

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ISBN 10: 1563978407 ISBN 13: 9781563978401

Publisher: Boyds Mills Press, 2001

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About the Author:

Peter Lourie is the author of many books for young people, including Arctic Thaw: The People of the Whale in a Changing Climate and Hidden World of the Aztec. He lives in Weybridge, Vermont.

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Gr 4-6-This pictorial account of a family trip following Lewis and Clark's trail from the point at which Sacagawea joined the expedition is a slip of a book in spite of its visual beauty. Its strengths are Lourie's superb color photographs and a spacious and thoughtful graphic design. Lourie hoped to learn more about Sacagawea and the Indian point of view about her and the expedition. The information resulting from these efforts is, however, sketchy and superficial. Descriptions of his experience on present-day reservations are at times uncomfortably adulatory. Allusions to the historical record can be confusing, as when the author says, "The Nez Perce might easily have wiped out the expedition-but fortunately they chose not to attack," inferring hostility. This is followed by "-the Nez Perce greeted the expedition with curiosity and generosity." Elsewhere he states that Clark's name carved into sandstone on the Yellowstone River is "the only physical evidence of the expedition." Yet there are a few of the Jefferson medallions given to Indian leaders by Lewis and Clark still in existence. Lourie's lovely photographic record of his family's journey speaks more eloquently to the nature and depth of their experience than does his writing. Thus, the book might serve as a way to engage visually oriented children, but Judith St. George's Sacagawea (Putnam, 1997) and Rhoda Blumberg's The Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clark (Morrow, 1995) are better introductions to the topic.-Nancy Collins-Warner, Neill Public Library, Pullman, WA

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