The cloth hardcover has light shelf wear to the corners and edges with a small tear on the spine. The binding is tight and pages are clean, no underlining, highlighting, or writing. 📚 Check out my shop for more We Were There & Landmark books! Synopsis | When a man left St. Louis in 1802, he was on his own. He left civilization to enter the world of the redskin. Tom Hendon’s father had left the village of St. Louis in search of fur, and hadn’t been heard from for two years. Everybody but Tom but Tom believed that James Hendon had died long since – killed, probably, by Indians. But Tom would not give up hope. So when he heard that an exploring expedition was about to set out through the area where his father had last been seen, Tom ran away to join the expedition. This was the famous Lewis and Clark Corps of Western Discovery, commissioned to investigate the new territory President Thomas Jefferson had acquired for the United States. Captain William Clark and he co-chief, Captain Meriwether Lewis, allowed Tom to join the expedition as a recorder of the events of the journey. Tom proved to be more than a recorder of history. Besides fighting grizzly bears and hostile Indians, he and the others made history as they explored the upper reaches of the Missouri River and searched for water routes to Canada and the Pacific. In presenting and accurate account of the Lewis and Clark expedition, James Munves has written a tremendously exciting story of the adventures of that brave band of men. —From dust jacket ABOUT THE SERIES | Are easy to read and provide exciting, entertaining stories, based upon true historic events. Each book tells the exciting story of two young persons? adventures during some of history?s most dramatic events ? written by top authors and illustrated by top artists. Each story is checked for factual accuracy by an outstanding authority on this particular phase of our history. Though written simply enough for young readers, they make interesting reading for boys and girls well into their teens. B-135