Passage of Discovery
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Passage of Discovery: The American Rivers Guide to The Missouri River of Lewis and Clark
Daniel B. Botkin
Paperback, Perigee Trade; 1st edition (July 1, 1999)
ISBN: 0399525106
How to Use This Book
This is a different kind of travel book. It is intended for two types of travelers, actual and vicarious, to find out about Lewis and Clark, nature and ourselves. It has two brief introductory chapters, 42 main entries about places to visit, and a list of more than 80 other travel destinations. Each main entry tells some of the things that happened to Lewis and Clark and relates a unique story about nature, natural history and the environment. As a set, all the entries paint a picture of the entire Missouri River and its landscape at the time of Lewis and Clark and as they have changed and are today.
There are hundreds of interesting locations to visit along the Missouri River and its surrounding countryside related to the Lewis and Clark expedition. So that you can design your travel plans to visit the places whose topics interest you, the list of additional entries is cross-referenced to the main ones. Each entry provides travel directions.
Travelers can use the book in several ways. For those who have picked destinations, they can refer directly to the main entries. Each is about one aspect of the natural history of the Lewis and Clark expedition and the changes that have occurred since the expedition. Each includes relevant experiences from the Lewis and Clark journals: What they did and what happened to them at the location. These are augmented by modern experiences of myself and others to suggest what you can discover and do there.
A second way to use the book is to select a general route and then refer to the main and short entries on that route to make a list of places to visit. Take the book with you and read each main entry at its location. A third way to use this book is to read it from beginning to end. Taken together, the introductory chapters and major entries form a whole story of nature, Lewis and Clark, and us.