William Clark And the Shaping of the West

by Landon Y. Jones

• ISBN13: 9780809097265
• ISBN10: 0809097265
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2005-10-12
• Publisher: Hill and Wang

Summary

Between 1803 and 1806, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark co-captained the most famous expedition in American history. But while Lewis ended his life just three years later, Clark, as the highest-ranking federal official in the West, spent three decades overseeing its consequences: Indian removal and the destruction of Native America. In a rare combination of storytelling and scholarship, bestselling author Landon Y. Jones vividly depicts Clark's life and the dark and bloody ground of America's early West, capturing the qualities of character and courage that made Clark an unequaled leader in America's grander enterprise: the shaping of the West.

Author Biography

Landon Y. Jones is the former head editor of People and Money magazines. His books include The Essential Lewis and Clark and Great Expectations, which was nominated for an American Book Award. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey, and Bozeman, Montana.

Table of Contents

Maps	ix
PROLOGUE: A Dark and Bloody Ground	3	(10)
ONE: America's First West: 1722-1772	13	(11)
TWO: General George Rogers Clark: 1772-1789	24	(25)
THREE: Lieutenant Billy Clark: 1789-1795	49	(38)
FOUR: Soldier and Citizen: 1795-1803	87	(27)
FIVE: "Ocian in view! O! the joy!": 1803-1806	114	(33)
SIX: This Wild Country: 1806-1809	147	(33)
SEVEN : Life without Lewis: 1809-1813	180	(34)
EIGHT: Territorial Governor: 1813-1820	214	(42)
NINE: "The Red-headed Chief": 1820-1829	256	(40)
TEN: Resistance and Removal: 1829-1838	296	(39)
Notes	335	(30)
Bibliography	365	(10)
Acknowledgments	375	(4)
Index	379