Guides: Course Guide ~ WRTG 111/ Adventure Writing: Lewis & Clark Expedition

Background Sources

Encyclopedia of the Lewis and Clark Expedition by Elin Woodger; Brandon Toropov; Ned Blackhawk (Foreword by)
Call Number: Ref F592.7 .W68 2004
Publication Date: 2003-11-01

Lewis & Clark as Naturalists: Interactive Map
Smithsonian Institution site portraying the expedition's interaction with the natural world. Browse by state, species, or date collected.
Lewis & Clark Expedition Timeline
A chronological overview of the expedition from the PBS companion site to the Ken Burns film, Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery.

Key Editions of the Lewis & Clark Journals

For a brief publishing history of the journals, consult the "Editing and Publishing of the Journals" section near the end of Gary E. Moulton's introduction to the digital edition of the journals.

A Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery
Patrick Gass. Pittsburgh: Printed by Zadok Cramer for David M'Keehan, 1807.
Travels of Capts. Lewis & Clarke
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809. (A spurious account.)
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark
Paul Allen [and Nicholas Biddle], Eds. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, 1814. 2 vols.
History of the Expedition under the Command of Lewis and Clark
Elliott Coues, Ed. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1893. 4 vols.
Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806
Reuben Gold Thwaites, Ed. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1904. 8 vols.
Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Gary E. Moulton, Ed. Lincoln: Univeristy of Nebraska Press, 2003.