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| Plants on the Trail with Lewis and Clark (Lewis & Clark Expedition) | 
| Author: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Creator: William Munoz
Publisher: Clarion Books
Category: Book
List Price: $18.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 632486
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 112
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 10 x 8.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0618067760
Dewey Decimal Number: 581.978
UPC: 046442067768
EAN: 9780618067763
ASIN: 0618067760
Publication Date: March 24, 2003
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Condition: New large format hardback in dust jacket, as shown. illustrated with photographs. Sticker inside cover. I ship daily
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An informative book for elementary & middle school students April 7, 2003
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The harrowing 1804 expedition of Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark across the American wilderness has been well-documented on a library full of history books. Western expansion was the dream of then-President Thomas Jefferson, and so the co-commanders Lewis and Clark began a cross-country trip through the pristine wilderness stretching across North America to the Pacific Ocean to not only stake a claim in the west, but also to collect specimens of plants and animals, map the unfamiliar frontier, find a northwest passage for men to follow, and to establish trade with Native American tribes. This informative book for elementary and middle school students touches on all those matters, but takes a unique approach by concentrating on one particular aspect of the expedition: North American flora and fauna. What new and exotic plants did Lewis and Clark see during their cross-country trip through the pristine wilderness? What specimens of plants and animals did they encounter? Why were trees so important to the success of the expedition? What new sources of food did they discover? How did they discover uses for wildflowers? What was the fate of Lewis's specimens? Most species collected were new to science at the time Lewis collected them, so this historical look at the scientific nature of the journey is a valuable one indeed. "Plants on the Trail with Lewis and Clark" will not only instill knowledge in its young readers, but also a healthy desire to preserve the natural and historical places of the western U.S.
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Wildlife, nature and the Environment
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