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12 Reddit comments about Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West:

u/jobeavs · 3 pointsr/bookshelf

Since you have that Stephen Ambrose book there, I must recommend Undaunted Courage. It tells the tale of the Lewis & Clark expedition mainly from Lewis's perspective. Awesome book.

u/OddTheViking · 3 pointsr/politics

I used to think that the political atmosphere has been getting more and more toxic and combative, until I read Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose. It's about Lewis & Clark but it also goes into all the factors that lead up to their journey. One of the things that surprised me is how angry the parties were even then. Some of the things the opposition say about Jefferson sound exactly like the kind of shit we hear from Republicans today.

Also, I highly recommend the book.

u/Waelsleahta · 2 pointsr/AskHistorians

According to Stephen E Ambrose in Undaunted Courage, the trading of metal knives and other objects were an important way for his party to ease relations with potentially hostile natives. So attributes like speechcraft and persuasion and the merchant character class common to D&D are definitely in play here.

Edit: *grammar

u/Ptr4570 · 2 pointsr/CampingandHiking

u/0_0_0 · 2 pointsr/spacex

Correct. They knew very little of the continent between the longitude of St. Louis and the Pacific coast.

In fact Jefferson held some views that in hindsight and modern viewpoint would seem pretty wild. E.g. there was a theory that a certain tribe of indians was in fact a legendary lost tribe of Welshmen... They also had no idea the Rocky Mountains existed or at least had no idea about their height and extent. They were basically betting there was a navigable water route to the Pacific.

For details I can't recommend Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose enough.

u/Zode · 2 pointsr/Fantasy

Not really fantasy-related, but I read Undaunted Courage in fifth grade. It was the most dull, slogging read I can remember, even to this day :P

u/louis333 · 2 pointsr/booksuggestions

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u/studentsofhistory · 1 pointr/historyteachers

Congrats on getting hired!!! I'd recommend a mix of PD/teaching books and content. When you get bored of one switch to the other. Both are equally important (unless you feel stronger in one area than the other).

For PD, I'd recommend: Teach Like a Pirate, Blended, The Wild Card, and the classic Essential 55. Another one on grading is Fair Isn't Always Equal - this one really changed how I thought about grading in my classes.

As far as content, you have a couple ways to go - review an overview of history like Lies My Teacher Told Me, the classic People's History, or Teaching What Really Happened, or you can go with a really good book on a specific event or time period to make that unit really pop in the classroom. The Ron Chernow books on Hamilton, Washington, or Grant would be great (but long). I loved Undaunted Courage about Lewis & Clark and turned that into a really great lesson.

Have a great summer and best of luck next year!!

u/[deleted] · 1 pointr/books

Undaunted Courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
by Stephen Ambrose

I read this in 10th grade, and several times since. It reads like a novel, but is still makes use first source materials (such as their journals) extensively. He also does an excellent job of showing you the political climate of Thomas Jefferson and early America that lead up the the expedition.

Their were some allegations of plagiarism and not correctly citing sources, but I still highly recommend.

The first review at Amazon sums it up well:

>The extensive use of the actual diaries of the expedition members lends a vibrance to the descriptions of the various tribes of Indians, wildlife, and natural obstacles encountered. The diaries also offer a glimpse into the personalities of these famous figures and their crew. The holes left by the diaries and other historical documents are deftly filled in by Ambrose. He further colors the characters, settings, and situations with well grounded inference.

>Additionally, the author's detailed treatment of the political situation in the United States at the time places this journey in great historic and political perspective.

u/mistrowl · 1 pointr/history

Related to US History, Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose is a great read, I would highly recommend it.

u/throw162534 · 1 pointr/asktrp

Undaunted Courage is one of my favorites. It's about the journey of Lewis and Clarke, but it also explores Lewis' interactions with Thomas Jefferson and provides examples of how life was back in their day. There's some crazy shit that happened on that expedition that your high school history class wouldn't dare to cover.

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus is another good one. It's about the New World before Europeans had touched it. It also goes into the conquest and some would say destruction of the old way of life. It's written in a novel format so it's a very easy read.

I was an english major and to be honest, Ernest Hemingway was very difficult for me to get into. The Prince is short but you need to be in the right mindset. Meditations is very useful but it can be repetitive. If I were you I would focus on books that have a sense of adventure to them, then mix philosophy into that.

u/Nick_FTN · 1 pointr/AskHistorians

Half way through Undaunted Courage which is great so far. I actually bought it a couple months ago at the Fort Clatsop gift shop. It discusses alot of the leadup to the expedition and how it came about. The local history teachers that volunteered there as re-enactors recommended it