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Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours has the most qualified historians lead our historical, WWII, WWI, D-Day and Band of Brothers® Tours. Stephen Ambrose always said that the best way to understand history is to study the places where it was made. Our home base staff includes one of our historians, Director Mark Bielski, who can answer any questions you may have about the historical aspects of our American history, Civil War, World War II, WWI, D-Day and Band of Brothers® tours. Ron Kaplan writes from Montclair, New Jersey.Your entertaining and enlightening historical vacation begins with the expert Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours team in New Orleans, who work together to make your trip a seamless experience from the very beginning. Still, Ambrose’s novel is an imaginative and informative account that puts a human face on an expedition that helped to shape a nation. Parents and teachers should also be cautioned that there is a fair amount of violence in the book, as well as some brief but fairly explicit sexual material. The narrative continues many years later, with Shannon, now an established attorney, hailing his colleagues in commemorative ceremonies, defending their actions and refuting historical inaccuracies.Īmbrose writes in the vernacular of the era, with intentionally incorrect spellings, which can be distracting at times. but this does not mean all Indians are.” Lewis and Clark complete their assignment, but the story does not end there. Though faced with dangerous situations and dishonorable dealings from various Native Americans, he refuses to generalize and condemn all: “I cannot agree with Capt. As if to mirror the growth of the nation, Shannon develops from a relatively innocent youth to a hardened frontiersman.

Through Shannon’s words, Ambrose portrays the sense of wonder and wariness of this band of pioneers, braving the elements, boredom and other challenges in their quest to expand the nation one day, one mile at a time. Lewis eventually accepts Shannon, charging him with the responsibility of keeping a journal of their travels. This fictional account of the famous westward excursion is Ambrose’s final book and his only work for young readers.Įighteen-year-old George Shannon, an enterprising young man from Philadelphia anxious to join the expedition, convinces Captain Meriwether Lewis that neither his youth nor his genteel upbringing should be held against him.

The late Stephen Ambrose, who brought the Lewis and Clark expedition to life for adult readers in his best-selling book Undaunted Courage, does the same for young people in This Vast Land: A Young Man’s Journal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

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