Undaunted Courage
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Undaunted Courage
| Full title | Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West |
|---|---|
| Author | Stephen E. Ambrose |
| Published | 1996 |
| Pages | 521 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Ambrose’s account of the Lewis and Clark expedition, built around Meriwether Lewis — Jefferson’s secretary, then the man who walked to the Pacific and could not live afterwards. |
Where I heard about it
- @typesfast’s thread — recommended repeatedly, by several people, in the replies to his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” in the thread, June 2025. The full list of replies lives on What’s the best history book… (tweet).
Connections
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- Historical Futurism — the portfolio idea this sits closest to: an expedition run as a state-funded research program.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.