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Illustrated with plates from paintings, drawings, maps, facsimiles, etc. (8vo), original red cloth, spine gilt, dust jacket. First Edition.

No. XIX of the publisher's Western Frontiersman series. This copy bears a lengthy ink inscription from "Frenchy" Chuinard to the book's original owners. An important contribution to Lewis and Clark studies. "Dr. Chuinard brought to this work his own medical training and years of practice, extensive knowledge of medical history, and a passionate interest in the Lewis and Clark expedition." Clark and Brunet II:47; Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, p. 250.