This is a bibliography of literature dealing with the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition or Corps of Discovery Expedition (1804–1806) was the first transcontinental expedition to the Pacific Coast by the United States. Commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson and led by two Virginia-born veterans of Indian wars in the Ohio Valley, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the expedition had several goals. Their objectives were both scientific and commercial – to study the area's plants, animal life, and geography, and to discover how the region could be exploited economically. According to Jefferson himself, one goal was to find a "direct & practicable water communication across this continent, for commerce with Asia" (the Northwest Passage).Elin Woodger, Brandon Toropov (2004). "Encyclopedia of the Lewis and Clark Expedition". Infobase Publishing. p.150. Jefferson also placed special importance on declaring U.S. sovereignty over the Native Americans along the Missouri River, and getting an accurate sense of the resources in the recently completed Louisiana Purchase.Voyage of Domination, "Purchase" as Conquest, Sakakawea for Savagery: Distorted Icons from Misrepresentations of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, James Fenelon, Mary Defender-Wilson. Wíčazo Ša Review, Vol. 19, No. 1, American Indian Encounters with Lewis and Clark (Spring, 2004), pp. 90–1Native America, Discovered and Conquered: Thomas Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, and Manifest Destiny Robert Miller, Bison Books, 2008 pg 108The Way to the Western Sea, David Lavender, University of Nebraska Press, 2001, pg 32, 90.Lewis and Clark among the Indians, James Ronda, University of Nebraska Press, 2002, pg 82, 192. c
Books
Fehrman, Craig. This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis and Clark (Avid Reader Press. 2026). online at Google Books; also a review of this book
Children's books
Journal articles
See also List of bibliographies on American history
Notes
External links Discovering Lewis & Clark – Lewis and Clark Fort Mandan Foundation