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Crossing the Great Divide: The Untold Survival Story of the Lewis and Clark Rocky Mountains Expedition

"When Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out in 1804, they carried the weight of a young nation’s expansionist dreams on their shoulders. However, no part of their journey was as harrowing or transformative as the crossing of the lewis and clark rocky mountains terrain. This segment of the journey turned an exploratory mission into a desperate struggle for survival against the most formidable geography in North America.Today, the lewis and clark rocky mountains crossing is remembered as the ultimate test of the Corps of Discovery. It was here that the myth of a "Northwest Passage"—a simple water route to the Pacific—was shattered by the re..."

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