Three Bicentennial Perspectives on Lewis and Clark

E s s a y R e v i e w W o r k s R e v i e w e d Freson ke, Kris, an d M ark Spen ce, eds. Lew is & C lark : Legacies, M em ories, an d N ew Perspectiv es. Berkeley: U n iversity o f Californ ia Press, 2004298 pages, $55.00/$21.95. H user, Vern e. O n the R iv er w ith Lew is an d C lark . College Station : Texas A & M U n iversity Press, 2004- 224 pages, $17.95. Jon es, Lan d on Y. W illiam C lark an d the Sh apin g o f the W est. N ew York: H ill an d W an g, 2004. 408 pages, $25.00/$ 15.00. T h r e e B i c e n t e n n i a l P e r s p e c t i v e s o n L e w i s a n d C l a r k J a s o n W i l l i a m s M u c h lik e t h e Lew is an d C la r k c e n t e n n ia l ce le b r at io n s o f a cen tu r y ago , t h e b ic e n t e n n ia l c o m m e m o r a t io n o f Lew is an d C la r k ’s 1 8 0 3 - 1 8 0 6 e x p e d it io n h a s b e e n ac c o m p an ie d by an o u t p o u r in g o f sch o lar ly a t t e n ­ t io n . T h e W eb o f Sc ie n c e (in clu d in g t h e Sc ie n c e C it a t io n In d ex, t h e So c ia l Sc ie n c e s C it a t io n In d e x, an d t h e A r t s an d H u m an it ie s C it a t io n In d e x ) lists o n ly six t e e n t it le s fr o m 1 9 8 0 u n d er t h e su b je ct h e ad in g “Lew is an d C la r k .” In 1 9 9 0 t h at n u m b e r d e cr e ase d t o tw elve, an d in W illiam Clar k ’s elkskin -bou n d jou rn al. Clar k Fam ily Collection . M issouri H istorical Society A rch ives. N S 26081. Ph otograph : Cary H orton . Cou rtesy M issouri H istorical Society, St. Louis. © 2002. W e s t e r n A m e r i c a n L i t e r a t u r e 4 0 . 3 ( F a l l 2 0 0 5 ) : 3 4 4 - 5 2 . J a s o n W i l l i a m s 3 4 5 2 0 0 0 it d r o p p e d t o ten . In 2 0 0 3 , h o w ever, t h e first y e ar o f t h e e xp ed it io n ’s b ic e n t e n n ia l co m m e m o r at io n , sch o lar ly ar t icle s ab o u t Lew is an d C la r k ju m p e d t o fift y-n in e. In 2 0 0 4 t h e n u m b e r r o se t o seven ty-■four— m o r e t h an...