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The "apocryphal" Lewis and Clark, first published in 1809, in response to the growing demand by the public for more information on the expedition. Though the present edition is more honest in its title, when first issued the implication was that it was an official publication, though it is actually little more that a compilation and rehashing of Jefferson's Message of 1806, Patrick Gass's Journal published in 1807, and plagiarizations of portions of Jonathan Carver and Alexander Mackenzie. Despite its suspect origins, and the massive criticism it has received from scholars, it is important in that it helped to shape the impressions of America at the time. Ownership signatures of Peter Weyant on front pastedown. Howes F-153a; Wagner-Camp 8:6; Sabin 24509. According to Howes and other sources some copies had a second title page, not present in this copy.