At 07:49 PM 12/4/00 -0600, Robert J. Matter wrote: >My wintertime pick: > >Undaunted Courage : Meriwether >Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the >Opening of the American West >by Stephen E. Ambrose I'm old fashioned, I guess: The Course of Empire, and Across the Wide Missouri by Bernard DeVoto. DeVoto may be a little passe, as the books are now over 50 years old, but neither have lost their punch. DeVoto's edit of the L&C journals is also very good. -- Wes *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Dec 05 2000 - 08:33:17 PST
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