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Out West

A Journey through Lewis and Clark's America

Dayton Duncan author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Nebraska Press

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Retraces the route taken by the Lewis and Clark expedition, introducing readers to the small towns and people of the modern West

Gives an account of three separate journeys: Lewis and Clark's epic adventure through uncharted wilderness; the author's retracing of the historic trail, now in various ways tamed, paved, and settled; and the journey of the American West in the years in between. It treats readers to a landscape as variously impressive as its people.One hundred and eighty years after Lewis and Clark's “Voyage of Discovery” (1804–1806), Dayton Duncan set out in a Volkswagen camper to retrace their steps. Out West is an account of three separate journeys: Lewis and Clark's epic adventure through uncharted wilderness; Duncan's retracing of the historic trail, now in various ways tamed, paved, and settled; and the journey of the American West in the years in between. Readers traveling with Duncan will encounter the people who inhabit today's West: farmers and ranchers, cowboys and mountain men, Native Americans, residents of dying small towns, city dwellers who have survived cycles of boom and bust. From the Gateway Arch in St. Louis to the Oregon coast, readers will be treated to a landscape as variously impressive as its people.

"A marvelous and funny book."—New York Times Book Revie
"An entertaining series of road adventures, paved with gems of history and lined with majestic conclusions about the development of the West."—Boston Globe

ISBN: 9780803266261

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 635g

452 pages