In Search of York : The Slave Who Went to the Pacific With Lewis and Clark
Select Format
Select Condition 
Book Overview
Related Subjects
19th Century African-American Studies Asia History Specific Demographics State & Local WorldCustomer Reviews
Rated 5 starsThe invisibles of history
I read this book for the first time about ten years ago. On re-reading it, I experienced the same general mood I remembered from the first time around: sadness. When the men in the Corps of Discovery returned to St. Louis after their two-and-a-half year journey to the Pacific Northwest, they were amply rewarded, with money and land, by a gushing Congress. All of them but one, that is. York, William Clark's slave, had...
0Report
Rated 4 starsVery good insight on the expedition and how slaves were treated
I loved the way the author cleared the air on others who wrote about York in a negative way. The speculations about facts that are not known about York make a lot of sense. The footnotes alone were very informative. Great reading.
0Report
Rated 5 starsOne of the best L & C books
There's some good information about York on the web, but the best source is the biography In Search of York. This fascinating and well-illustrated book brings together all that is known of York. It is not only a great book about York, but one of the best books in the L & C literature.
0Report
Rated 5 starsIN SEARCH OF YORK
This was the only book I could find about the slave who went to the Pacific with Lewis & Clark. It was published by Colorado Associated University Press in 1985. Exellent foundation for further research on York. very readable with good illustrations & footnotes.
0Report
ThriftBooks ® and the ThriftBooks ® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
