The Fate of the Corps by Larry E. Morris, Yale University Press, $30/£20, ISBN 0300102658 Reviewed by Adrian Barnett
HISTORY is sometimes reduced to events appearing briefly in the spotlight, given continuity by hindsight and research. But what happens to the characters after the glare has moved on? With The Fate of the Corps, Larry Morris seeks to answer this for one of the most famous events in the history of exploration, the 1804 expedition of William Clark and Meriweather Lewis.
Organised at the behest of the president, Thomas Jefferson, this 34-person adventure began in St Louis, Missouri, and…
