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Lewis and Clark: Across the Divide Hardcover – October 1, 2003
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- Print length416 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSmithsonian
- Publication dateOctober 1, 2003
- Dimensions9.25 x 1 x 12.25 inches
- ISBN-101588340996
- ISBN-13978-1588340993
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- Publisher : Smithsonian (October 1, 2003)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 416 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1588340996
- ISBN-13 : 978-1588340993
- Item Weight : 10.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 9.25 x 1 x 12.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #484,888 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #619 in Expeditions & Discoveries World History (Books)
- #13,943 in United States History (Books)
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The editor's own biase is glaring. She seems overly critical of the exporers of the time as viewed for a Twenty-First century female air conditioned East Coast office. The explorers are repeatedly critized while the Natives are glamorized and their culture elevated. The explorers are not Cultural Anthropologists and they did an amazing task with limited resources and education, both of which are held in abundance by the editor.
Other than the accademic viewpoint it is a very interesting read and I learned a lot.
Each of the ten chapters focuses on one topic of the Corps’ experience. The Imagining of America introduces the reader to how little was known about the west and to goal of the Expedition to fill in the blank spaces. Depictions of the Land delves into how the explorers made their measurements and recorded their observations of the land across which they traveled. The diplomacy between the Corps and the Indians it encountered was different than that between European powers or Europeans and eastern Indians with whom had long histories of encounters. The role of tribal women opens new insights into native lives. The Corps encountered new animals and plants, traded between unfamiliar value systems and opened new understandings between cultures. At the end a list of the exhibit items including the loaning Museum, a description of the item and its history provide a valuable reference.
Although I had read other works about Lewis and Clark I learned quite a bit from this one. Author Carolyn Gilman views the journey from so many perspectives that readers are almost guaranteed to gather something new. The text is supplemented by hundreds of pictures of artifacts, ledgers and correspondence either used or similar to ones used by the Corps or the Indians whom it encountered, portraits, paintings, and drawings that bring to life the Lewis and Clark experience. Whether a novice or a seasoned Lewis and Clark student “Lewis and Clark: Across The Divide” is a work to read, savor and return to.


