The Lewis and Clark Expedition, in Three Volumes (Western Americana)

Three volume set. Hardcovers in publisher slipcase. The 1814 edition unabridged in three volumes and with an introduction by Archibald Hanna. "The Lewis and Clark Expedition, the first major Western exploration undertaken by the United States, is well known in outline, yet few readers have ever had access to the original 1814 edition of Meriwether Lewis's vividly written account. Here... is the story in all its fascinating historical detail, from the commissioning of the expedition to its completion. Lewis's day-by-day recording of events, his anthropological and topographical reporting, and the brilliance of his prose make this work an American classic."--slipcase