Abstract the lewis and clark expedition was commissioned in 1804 by thomas jefferson and lasted twenty eight months meriwether lewis and william clark began in st louis and navigated up the missouri river through the prairies enduring a winter with the mandan indians in north dakota they reached the summit of the rocky mountains and then . Commissioned in 1804 by thomas jefferson meriwether lewis and william clark set off on the greatest wilderness trip ever recorded beginning in st louis they navigated up the missouri river and through the prairies enduring a often referred to as americas national epic of exploration the 28 month lewis and clark expedition was certainly americas greatest odyssey. In our natural history the lessons of lewis and clark reissued with a new afterword by the author in celebration of the lewis and clark bicentennial botkin uses the journals to depict vividly the west of lewis and clarks time comparing it with his own journeys to these now greatly changed placesin the end botkin argues we must come to a new understanding of the texture and weave of . In our natural history the lessons of lewis and clark reissued with a new afterword by the author in celebration of the lewis and clark bicentennial botkin uses the journals to depict vividly the west of lewis and clarks time comparing it with his own journeys to these now greatly changed places in the end botkin argues we must come to a new understanding of the texture and weave of nature and of our relationship with it. Our natural history the lessons of lewis and clark item preview remove circle botkin uses the experiences of lewis and clark to challenge the myth of a pristine natural past access restricted item true addeddate 2013 10 31 161039986203 bookplateleaf 0002 boxid ia1149901