Meriwether

Meriwether, a young man of genius and drive, is determined to make one of the great marches in the history of the world -- to chart the 2,000 miles of wilderness from the Mississippi to the Pacific. But Pres. Jefferson has other plans for young Meriwether Lewis. In 1800, Jefferson calls upon Lewis to be his secretary. Freed at last, in 1804 Lewis calls upon his friend William Clark to set out on the cross-continental trek that will give them towering stature among explorers and assure...
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Meriwether, a young man of genius and drive, is determined to make one of the great marches in the history of the world -- to chart the 2,000 miles of wilderness from the Mississippi to the Pacific. But Pres. Jefferson has other plans for young Meriwether Lewis. In 1800, Jefferson calls upon Lewis to be his secretary. Freed at last, in 1804 Lewis calls upon his friend William Clark to set out on the cross-continental trek that will give them towering stature among explorers and assure that the young nation will have its shores washed by opposite oceans. It is a dangerous expedition, but at last they reach Oregon. But, the man who made the impossible possible has touched the heights of his life and now steps toward his darkling future.