The Resource Bitterroot : the life and death of Meriwether Lewis, Patricia Tyson Stroud
Bitterroot : the life and death of Meriwether Lewis, Patricia Tyson Stroud
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- Summary
- In America's early national period, Meriwether Lewis was a towering figure. Selected by Thomas Jefferson to lead the expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase, he was later rewarded by Jefferson with the governorship of the entire Louisiana Territory. Yet within three years, plagued by controversy over administrative expenses, Lewis found his reputation and career in tatters. En route to Washington to clear his name, he died mysteriously in a crude cabin on the Natchez Trace in Tennessee. Was he a suicide, felled by his own alcoholism and mental instability? Most historians have agreed. Patricia Tyson Stroud reads the evidence to posit another, even darker, ending for Lewis. Stroud uses Lewis's find, the bitterroot flower, with its nauseously pungent root, as a symbol for his reputation as a purported suicide. It was this reputation that Thomas Jefferson promulgated in the memoir he wrote prefacing the short account of Lewis's historic expedition published five years after his death. Without investigation of any kind, Jefferson, Lewis's mentor from boyhood, reiterated undocumented assertions of Lewis's serious depression and alcoholism. That Lewis was the courageous leader of the first expedition to explore the continent from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean has been overshadowed by presuppositions about the nature of his death. Stroud peels away the layers of misinformation and gossip that have obscured Lewis's rightful reputation. Through a retelling of his life, from his resourceful youth to the brilliance of his leadership and accomplishments as a man, Bitterroot shows that Jefferson's mystifying assertion about the death of his protǧ ̌is the long-held bitter root of the Meriwether Lewis story
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 371 pages, [8] pages of plates
- Contents
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- ch. 1. An unexpected proposal
- ch. 2. Early life
- ch. 3. The threat of war
- ch. 4. Jefferson's choice
- ch. 5. Cocaptain
- ch. 6. Doctrine of discovery
- ch. 7. Under way
- ch. 8. The Teton Sioux
- ch. 9. Fort Mandan
- ch. 10. A "darling" project
- ch. 11. Across the Rockies to the Pacific
- ch. 12. The return
- ch. 13. Unspeakable joy
- ch. 14. Philadelphia interlude
- ch. 15. A classic cast of characters
- ch. 16. Land of opportunity
- ch. 17. Honor questioned
- ch. 18. Defamed
- ch. 19. Jefferson's letter
- A selection of plants collected by Meriwether Lewis
- Isbn
- 9780812249842
- Label
- Bitterroot : the life and death of Meriwether Lewis
- Title
- Bitterroot
- Title remainder
- the life and death of Meriwether Lewis
- Statement of responsibility
- Patricia Tyson Stroud
- Title variation
- Life and death of Meriwether Lewis
- Subject
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- Biography
- Discoveries in geography
- Explorers
- Explorers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
- Illustrated books
- Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806
- Biographies
- Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809
- Travel
- United States, West
- West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
- West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration
- Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809
- Biographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In America's early national period, Meriwether Lewis was a towering figure. Selected by Thomas Jefferson to lead the expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase, he was later rewarded by Jefferson with the governorship of the entire Louisiana Territory. Yet within three years, plagued by controversy over administrative expenses, Lewis found his reputation and career in tatters. En route to Washington to clear his name, he died mysteriously in a crude cabin on the Natchez Trace in Tennessee. Was he a suicide, felled by his own alcoholism and mental instability? Most historians have agreed. Patricia Tyson Stroud reads the evidence to posit another, even darker, ending for Lewis. Stroud uses Lewis's find, the bitterroot flower, with its nauseously pungent root, as a symbol for his reputation as a purported suicide. It was this reputation that Thomas Jefferson promulgated in the memoir he wrote prefacing the short account of Lewis's historic expedition published five years after his death. Without investigation of any kind, Jefferson, Lewis's mentor from boyhood, reiterated undocumented assertions of Lewis's serious depression and alcoholism. That Lewis was the courageous leader of the first expedition to explore the continent from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean has been overshadowed by presuppositions about the nature of his death. Stroud peels away the layers of misinformation and gossip that have obscured Lewis's rightful reputation. Through a retelling of his life, from his resourceful youth to the brilliance of his leadership and accomplishments as a man, Bitterroot shows that Jefferson's mystifying assertion about the death of his protǧ ̌is the long-held bitter root of the Meriwether Lewis story
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- PU/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stroud, Patricia Tyson
- Dewey number
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- 917.8042092
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Lewis, Meriwether
- Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Lewis, Meriwether
- Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Explorers
- West (U.S.)
- West (U.S.)
- Illustrated books
- Discoveries in geography
- Explorers
- Travel
- United States, West
- Label
- Bitterroot : the life and death of Meriwether Lewis, Patricia Tyson Stroud
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-352) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- ch. 1. An unexpected proposal -- ch. 2. Early life -- ch. 3. The threat of war -- ch. 4. Jefferson's choice -- ch. 5. Cocaptain -- ch. 6. Doctrine of discovery -- ch. 7. Under way -- ch. 8. The Teton Sioux -- ch. 9. Fort Mandan -- ch. 10. A "darling" project -- ch. 11. Across the Rockies to the Pacific -- ch. 12. The return -- ch. 13. Unspeakable joy -- ch. 14. Philadelphia interlude -- ch. 15. A classic cast of characters -- ch. 16. Land of opportunity -- ch. 17. Honor questioned -- ch. 18. Defamed -- ch. 19. Jefferson's letter -- A selection of plants collected by Meriwether Lewis
- Control code
- ocn990257534
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- viii, 371 pages, [8] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780812249842
- Lccn
- 2017026853
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40028105886
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), portraits (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)990257534
- Label
- Bitterroot : the life and death of Meriwether Lewis, Patricia Tyson Stroud
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-352) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- ch. 1. An unexpected proposal -- ch. 2. Early life -- ch. 3. The threat of war -- ch. 4. Jefferson's choice -- ch. 5. Cocaptain -- ch. 6. Doctrine of discovery -- ch. 7. Under way -- ch. 8. The Teton Sioux -- ch. 9. Fort Mandan -- ch. 10. A "darling" project -- ch. 11. Across the Rockies to the Pacific -- ch. 12. The return -- ch. 13. Unspeakable joy -- ch. 14. Philadelphia interlude -- ch. 15. A classic cast of characters -- ch. 16. Land of opportunity -- ch. 17. Honor questioned -- ch. 18. Defamed -- ch. 19. Jefferson's letter -- A selection of plants collected by Meriwether Lewis
- Control code
- ocn990257534
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- viii, 371 pages, [8] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780812249842
- Lccn
- 2017026853
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40028105886
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), portraits (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)990257534
Subject
- Biography
- Discoveries in geography
- Explorers
- Explorers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
- Illustrated books
- Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806
- Biographies
- Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809
- Travel
- United States, West
- West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
- West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration
- Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809
- Biographies
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