The Lewis and Clark expedition was a federally funded project that unified the continent, created a democratic country, and began the process of unifying the American people. The journals of Lewis and Clark are an American classic, providing a vivid account of the expedition and its participants, including Sacagawea, York, and George Dreyer. Historian Bernard Devoto's editing of the journals made them accessible to the general reader, and his work has been widely praised for its literary merit and historical significance.
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