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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458362203321

Autore

Lewis Wallace G. <1943->

Titolo

In the footsteps of Lewis and Clark [[electronic resource] ] : early commemorations and the origins of the national historic trail / / Wallace G. Lewis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, : University Press of Colorado, c2010

ISBN

1-4571-1076-8

1-60732-027-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Disciplina

917.804/2

Soggetti

Voyages and travels

Electronic books.

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Monuments -- Tracing the route -- The new explorers -- The 1955 Sesquicentennial -- The National Commission -- Commemoration and authenticity on the trail.

Sommario/riassunto

Examines how public attitudes toward the exploration and the commemorations have changed from the Lewis and Clark Exposition in 1905 to the Lewis and Clark Trail in 1978 and the bicentennial from 2003-2007.