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I've been re-reading some classics and have wondered if it's possible that I've read the best ones already. Something like Undaunted Courage, for example, though it won much praise, I simply can't put next to great ones like Alone and We Die Alone, which I have read multiple times and ... I'm taking a break from History of the American People and have started Undaunted Courage. >96: lauranav- Undaunted Courage is an outstanding book about Lewis & Clark. Hope you enjoy it!
>99: rockinrhombus- Too bad you couldn't have joined us in our group read of People of the Book, which we will begin Nov 1st. Glad you are enjoying it though!! ...
I finished Anna Karenina Saturday night.
I am now working on Find Your Strongest Life and getting ready to start Undaunted Courage about the Louisiana Purchase (to fit my Jefferson entry in the President's Challenge). ... that the other side is just out to destroy the whole nation.
I have a bio of Franklin, 1776 by McCullough, and Undaunted Courage about Lewis and Clark (and Jefferson) on my desk. Plus someone recommended Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention so I will ... ... likely that the gaps were periods during which Lewis didn't write, didn't do much of anything at all except survive.
Undaunted Courage America
1. Undaunted Courage
2. Albion's Seed
3. Parting the Waters
4. His Excellency, George Washington
5. Oval Office Oddities
6. Team of Rivals
7. Theodore Rex
8. Indian Givers
9. Abraham Lincoln: God's Humble Instrument
10. Inheriting a Trade - own (or ... Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose ... Foundation
In the Year of the Bull: Zen, Air and the Pursuit of Sacred and Profane Hoops by Rick Telander
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the West by Stephen E. Ambrose Some books on the settling of the North American continent
Wilderness at Dawn by Ted Morgan
Undaunted Courage the Lewis & Clark expedition by Stephen E. Ambrose
The Plains Across the overland emigrants & the
trans-Mississippi West
Son of the Morning Star the best biography of Gen. Ge ... ... them under the American wing, so to speak. (for some fantastic descriptions of some of their blunders (and triumphs) read Undaunted Courage)
Point being that as tribal cultures/governments varied substantially, and levels of contact varied, different tribes would have had different levels ... ... in the Hundred Years War and I can see his influence in other writers such as Lawrence Babits
2. Steven Ambrose's Undaunted Courage is a book that has literally changed my life. I've become much more interested in the Corps of Discovery. When I taught elementary school I took my ... ... from the Skies! ***
9. Bozo Sapiens****
alternate: The Fortune Cookie Chronicles
Undaunted Courage ... swashbuckling tail of William Eaton, its the real life stuff of Lawrence of Arabia.. but less to do with Jefferson.
Undaunted Courage has a section detailing Jefferson's relationship with Merriwether Lewis (or was it Clark?) as they were neighbors, so to speak. It goes into why Jefferson ... ... washington;
#1/#2/#3 - inventing a nation
#2 - John Adams
#2/#3 - Adams vs. jefferson
#3 - Jefferson's war, Undaunted courage
#6 - Mr. Adams's Last Crusade (also discusses presidencies of Jackson, van Buren, and Polk), John Quincy Adams and American Continental Empire, and ... American Sphinx
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... Of the top of my head I would say no. While much of Stephan Ambrose work was WWII and Eisenhower, his Undaunted Courage was Lewis and Calark and Nothing like it in the World was Civil War and post Civil War. David McCullough has written bioraphies on John Adams Harry Truman and Theodor R ... Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose Thrift Shop Orgy on Friday afternoon:
Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
The Flanders Panel by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Larry's Party by Carol Shields
The Royal Physician's Visit by Per Olov Enjquist
Tender is the Night, ... ... between more Roosevelt clan biographies or more Independence time period.
Also have sitting on my book candidate shelf: Undaunted Courage, American Sphinx, Inventing a Nation, Brave Companions
So still searching for my definitive approach- just enjoying the books along the way! ... westward expansion.
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community and War by Nathanial Philbrick gets you started.
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose tells the story of the Lewis and Clark expedition to the West C ... ... I have started reading on the history of the church and in particular the American Church. So while I just finished up Undaunted Courage I am also reading Drinking with Calvin and Luther a history of alcohol in the church. ... Ballot Box Battle by Emily Arnold McCully
73. Hope in a Jar: The Making of America's Beauty Culture by Kathy Peiss
77. Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen E. Ambrose
84. Victorian America: Transformations in Everyday Life, ... I am presently reading Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose. I mad really enjoying it. I ahve read one other by Ambrose and am anticipating starting on his biography of Eisenhower pretty soon. I would add just a couple of excellent books that haven't been mentioned yet:
Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose and
Blood and Thunder: an epic of the American West by Hampton Sides. ... month, considering all the time I've spent in the lab listening to books, but nontheless, here I go:
I finally finished Undaunted Courage which was alright, but the most exciting part was definitely the middle, with a good overall analysis at the end, but in general the book didn't know if ... Well, it took me a long time to get through Undaunted Courage because I going into the lab only sporadically. Now I'm about 3 hrs into Alexander Hamilton and liking that just fine. ... Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Bird
The Oregon Trail by Francis Parkman
Uncommon Carriers by John McPhee
Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose for a more accessible Lewis & Clark
A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins
any of several books by Mark Twain
... history of the Americas, Revolutionary War/Founding Fathers. I am currently on an exploration themed kick, which includes Undaunted Courage, 1421: the year china discovered america and recently I had read River of Doubt. I plan on reading longitude soon. Any other suggestions for ... Still pounding through Undaunted Courage wile working away in the lab.. Have been pursuing other tasks recently, which is why this has taken so long. Am still working on undaunted courage since I've had to put it down for over a week or so. I also lost my place and have reread a bunch as well. I'm also starting 1421 the year china discovered america for book club. #40, rebeccanyc, Undaunted Courage has been on my list for a bit now - I had wanted to read it last year, given that it was the 200th anniversary of the end of the expedition -- but it just goes to show you how long my TBR list (and how distracted with other good books) I can get! #36, bfertig, You have a talent for mentioning books I can say something about! I read Undaunted Courage years ago, and I remember being surprised as I read it at how much I was loving it. I actually didn't want it to end. I was saddened later when info came out (not for this book, I don't ... ... Ambrose was a bit more adamant against the theory of Jefferson's dalliance with his slaves when he mentioned that in Undaunted Courage.
For whatever it's worth, I like to know where the authors stand. And it feels cool to have read something about the debate before hand as well.
... Undaunted Courage, Unbowed, and The wizard of the crow are the three I'm working on at the moment. About 100 pages into each. Finished with River of Doubt and am continuing with the exploration theme with Undaunted Courage.
... headed by a quote. The expedition was a troubled one, so is the modern life of Bill Lewis, who is asked by his son " Was he Meriwether Lewis a good guy or a bad guy? Do you admire him and stuff?"
We are tempted to ask the question too!
... Timothy Tyson
Skeletons on the Zahara by Dean King
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden
Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose
River of Doubt by Candice Millard
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
... the Columbia to Fort Clatsop and The Definitive Journals of Lewis and Clark, Volume 7: From the Pacific to the Rockies. Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose covers their story in a more accessible form (with better spelling).
And while we are talking about that rain, The Good Rain ... ... wouldn't have thought I'd be interested in but that were compelling because of how well they were written.
For history, Undaunted Courage is beautifully written and reads like a novel.
For memoirs, Vikram Seth's Two Lives is unbeatable, followed closely by Them: A Memoir of Parents ... Well, other than the Professor, I love C.S. Lewis, Lloyd Alexander, Charles de Lint and Stephen Lawhead.
The Silver Chair was my favourite book as a kid. I was teased mercilessly, and used to wish furvently that what happened at the end of that book would happen at my school. ;)
... ... and A. B. Guthrie's The Way West. Stephen Ambrose wrote a good history of Lewis & Clark's expedition called Undaunted Courage. ... (borrowed)
The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys who flew the B-24's over Germany by Stephen E. Ambrose (borrowed)
Undaunted Courage: Meriweather Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the opening of the American West by Stephen E. Ambrose (own)
An Army at Dawn: The war in North Africa 1942 ... I tend to read both a fiction and non-fiction at the same time. Right now they are Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose, and A Village in a Valley by Beverley Nichols. I'm enjoying both very much. ...
Richard Adams Watership Down
L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz etc.
Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland
C. S. Lewis The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe etc.
Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows
Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book
Hugh Lofting's The Voya ...
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