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This Vast Land
A Young Man's Journal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
By Ambrose, Stephen E.
- ISBN
- 978-0-68986-448-3
- Publisher
- Simon
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2003
Gr 9-Up A fictional diary of the youngest member of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery. Ambrose does a good job of weaving fictional elements, such as George Shannon's thoughts and his romance and child with an Indian girl, with the historical facts of the expedition and what is known of Shannon's real life. The book opens with the young man, more accustomed to books than the outdoor life, per...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on January 1, 2004
In his only work of fiction, the late Stephen Ambrose invents a journal for George Shannon, the youngest (seventeen when he enlisted) member of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, giving him a voice that is both strong and authentic. The journal opens with George as a boy eager for adventure who spends six weeks convincing Captain Lewis that he is neither too young nor too green to be among the first to ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
