1901
First | Across the Continent |
the Story of | The Exploring Expedition
of Lewis | and Clark in 1803–4–5 | By Noah
Brooks |
New York | Charles Scribner's Sons | 1901
|
8vo; half-title, verso blank; title, with copyright, etc. on
verso; "Preface,"
pp. [v]–vii; one blank page; "Contents", pp.
[ix]–x; "List of Illustrations",
pp. [xi]–xii; half-title, verso blank; text, pp. [1]–361; one
blank
page; "Index," pp. [363]–365; one blank page. Twenty-four
plates as
registered in the "List of Illustrations", and folded map at end
of the volume.
Signatures: Eight preliminary leaves, the first being
blank; 1–23 in eights, the
last leaf being blank.
"It is
hoped that the present version of the story of the expedition, told as
fully as possible in the language of the heroic men who modestly penned
the
record of their own doings and observations, will be acceptable to
many readers,
especially to young folks, who will here read for the first
time a concise narrative
of the first exploring expedition sent into a
wilderness destined to become the
seat of a mighty empire."—Preface.
Copies: CHC; LCP;
WHS.
