![]() Clearly Lewis and Clark have reached the tipping point of historical investigation, a moment when the mass of printed material carries a momentum of its own, independent of the underlying merits of the story. For those who cannot keep track of all of this, there is Lewis and Clark for Dummies. Recent titles include: Venereal Disease and the Lewis and Clark Expedition Seaman: the Newfoundland Dog Who Accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition The Food Journal of Lewis and Clark: Recipes for an Expedition Lewis and Clark Dance Manual and Kit and Lewis Loved Clark?: Intriguing Hints about America’s Historic Trailblazers. So many books on Lewis and Clark have come out that new works have been forced to take up increasingly arcane aspects of the expedition. ![]() Navy (impressed by their command of dugout canoes?) honors them with their own class of ships. ![]() The names Lewis and Clark grace colleges, towns, parks, trails, counties, law schools, research funds, and marathons. ![]() Today they are remembered in every conceivable way: on monuments, road signs, and commemorative coins, in classrooms, museums, and online exhibits. Two hundred years after Meriwether Lewis and William Clark completed the first federal reconnaissance of the Far West, they have become hallowed figures in historical memory.
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