Why Sacagawea Deserves the Day off and Other Lessons from the Lewis and Clark Trail

by Tubbs, Stephenie Ambrose

• ISBN13: 9780803215856
• ISBN10: 0803215851
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr

Summary

More than two hundred years later, the "voyage of discovery"with its outsized characters, geographic marvels, and wondrous moments of adventure and mysterycontinues to draw us along the Lewis and Clark Trail. Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs first fell under the trail's spell at sixteen and has been following in Lewis and Clark's path ever since. In essays historical and personal, she revisits the Lewis and Clark Trail and its famous people, landmarks, and events, exploring questions the expedition continues to raise, such as, What really motivated Thomas Jefferson to send out his agents of discovery? What "mutinous expressions" were uttered? What happened to the dog? Why did Meriwether Lewis end his own life? In the resulting trip through history, Tubbs recounts her travels along the trail by foot, Volkswagen bus, and canoeat every turn renewing the American experience inscribed by Lewis and Clark.

Author Biography

Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs serves on the board of directors for the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center Foundation, the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, and the American Prairie Foundation.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Experiences of a Writer on the Lewis and Clark Trail	p. 1
Missouri River	p. 7
Paddling into Bodmer	p. 15
In Search of Perfect Harmony: Keeping an Expedition Happy Now and Then	p. 25
Selected and Implanted by Nature: Leadership and Manly Firmness on the Lewis and Clark Trail	p. 37
Sufficiently Ample: What If?	p. 47
Opening Our Ears: Researching The Lewis and Clark Companion	p. 59
I Grew Heartily Tired of the National Hug: Meriwether Lewis under the Microscope	p. 71
Why Sacagawea Deserves the Day Off	p. 89
Beyond Measuring Shadows: What Would Thomas Jefferson Do?	p. 101
New Beginnings: Why We Still Need Lewis and Clark	p. 111
Postscript: Advice to the MSU-Billings Graduating Class of 2006	p. 117
Notes	p. 123
Bibliography	p. 127
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