Omaha, Nebraska
Copyright © 2015 by Kira Gale
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Printed in the United States of America
First edition, 2015
ISBN: 978-0991409327
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Gale, Kira.
Meriwether Lewis : the assassination of an American hero and the silver mines of Mexico / Kira Gale. -- First edition.
1 electronic resource : illustrations, maps
Issued also in print.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 978-0-9914093-2-7 (ePub)
ISBN: 978-0-9914093-3-4 (PDF)
ISBN: 978-0-9914093-4-1 (mobi)
1. Lewis, Meriwether, 1774–1809. 2. Explorers--West (U.S.)--Biography. 3. United States--Politics and government--1797–1801. 4. United States--Politics and government--1801–1809. 5. Mexico--History--Wars of Independence, 1810–1821. 6. Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806) 7. Wilkinson, James, 1757–1825. 8. Biography. 9. Electronic books. I. Title.
F592.7.L42 G354 2015eb
FRONT COVER: Meriwether Lewis and James Wilkinson, by Charles Willson Peale (public domain), 1804 North American map by John Pinkerton. FRONTISPIECE: Meriwether Lewis, 1807 portrait by Charles Balthazar Julen Févret de Saint-Mémin (Missouri History Museum, St. Louis)