Journals of Lewis and Clark

[KillZone]

Reading the journals is fascinating. I have studied the journey for hours and thought I knew a great deal about it. I now learn I am ignorant and yet still learning from reading through the journals.

It has been said that the astronauts that first traveled to the moon knew a great deal more about their trek and of the moon than the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery knew about the west when they departed. The more I learn the more I agree with that.

THE JOURNALS: They are on-line for those that care. They are long yet one can pick by year and by month to shorten it. This website also lists the members with a short bio about them and has a terrific index:

http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/index.html

[AlbertJ]

Hey KZ Great stuff. Yes it is very humbling study. Have you ever seen or heard Clay Jenkinson? He does L&C quite well. Also, there is a new movement about on Meriwether Lewis's death. They are out to show it wasn't a suicide afterall. I ordered the new book.

[KillZone]

Originally Posted by AlbertJ

Hey KZ Great stuff. Yes it is very humbling study. Have you ever seen or heard Clay Jenkinson? He does L&C quite well. Also, there is a new movement about on Meriwether Lewis's death. They are out to show it wasn't a suicide afterall. I ordered the new book.

I was not familiar with Clay Jenkinson. I googled and noticed that among several of his tours is one (or more) to Fort Mandan.

I purchased the 4 hour (2-CD) PBS production titled Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery and it was well worth the money. Several historians provide narration. I watched it over the weekend again. It was great again.

http://video.barnesandnoble.com/DVD/...ewis+and+clark

I'd rather spend a week around Lemhi Pass (and that area) than any place on this planet. My friends think that's rather silly and "all broke up" about what they think I ain't. I will make that trip before I croak if possible.

[AlbertJ]

Originally Posted by KillZone

I was not familiar with Clay Jenkinson. I googled and noticed that among several of his tours is one (or more) to Fort Mandan.

Jenkinson is most famous for The Thomas Jefferson Hour, but he is seen all over the midwest doing chatauquas of Meriwether Lewis. He's the best, imho, narrator of L&C and he's good at Jefferson too. Knowledgable fellow.

I purchased the 4 hour (2-CD) PBS production titled Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery and it was well worth the money. Several historians provide narration. I watched it over the weekend again. It was great again.

http://video.barnesandnoble.com/DVD/...ewis+and+clark

I have that CD. If you haven't read it already, Undaunted Courage is an excellent book.

I know what you mean by not knowing enough. It';s one of those subjects that when you get to a point where you think you know a lot, you realize again how little you do and how much more there is to know.

I'd rather spend a week around Lemhi Pass (and that area) than any place on this planet. My friends think that's rather silly and "all broke up" about what they think I ain't. I will make that trip before I croak if possible.

The area is awesome viewing, especially in springtime. Not sure but I think it is 6 or maybe 7 above sea level, at least.

[KillZone]

I have that CD. If you haven't read it already, Undaunted Courage is an excellent book.

I have read it and it is excellent. I had ignored the journals and see now that I missed a great deal by doing that. I'll not read all of them for sheer lack of time. I bought The Journals of Lewis and Clark which is edited by Bernard DeVoto. Ambrose wrote the forward. I've just started it and it is good.

I know what you mean by not knowing enough. It';s one of those subjects that when you get to a point where you think you know a lot, you realize again how little you do and how much more there is to know.

When I think I know a lot about it is when I discover I know very little about it. There was much more to their journey than I would have conceived when I first started to study it. I've just scratched the surface.

I have spent much time studying the mountain men and enjoyed that. People like Bridger, Jed Smith, Carson, etc. lived lives that seem almost impossible to believe, yet it is true.