Lewis & Clark

by DUNCAN, DAYTONBURNS, KEN

• ISBN13: 9780739312513
• ISBN10: 0739312510
• Edition: Abridged
• Format: CD
• Copyright: 2004-05-04
• Publisher: Random House Audio

Summary

The spoken-word audio companion to the PBS film follows the epic odyssey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean, documenting the varied spectrum of landscapes, people and cultures, and wildlife that they encountered. Read by Ken Burns, with Adam Arkin and others. Book available.

Author Biography

Dayton Duncan, writer and producer of <b>Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery</b>, is the author of five other books, including <b>Out West: An American Journey along the Lewis and Clark Trail</b>, in which he retraced the route of the expedition. He has been a consultant on many of Ken Burns's documentary films and was the co-writer and consulting producer of the PBS series "The West."<br><br>Ken Burns, director and producer of <b>Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery,</b> has been making award-winning documentary films for more than twenty years, including the landmark PBS series <b>The Civil War</b> and <b>Baseball, The West,</b> and <b>Thomas Jefferson.</b> The subject of his next biographical film will be Frank Lloyd Wright, and he is currently producing a series on the history of jazz.<br><br><br><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>