Ken burns lewis and clark corps of discovery

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The book suggests that Lewis had evidence against Wilkinson and that this was the real reason why he had decided to personally travel to Washington by horse in 1809. In this companion to a PBS film by Burns (part of the team that brought you The Civil War), novelist Duncan (Out West, Doubleday, 1996) follows Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their famous jaunt. Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery. Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery is a 1997 documentary film about the Lewis and Clark Expedition directed and co-produced by Ken Burns. He was also the first Governor of Louisiana Territory until Lewis took over this duty.

#Ken burns lewis and clark corps of discovery movie#

It is produced by Burns' Florentine Films for Washington, DC PBS station WETA-TV, first aired on PBS on November 4 and 5, 1997. Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (TV Movie 1997) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Suffering from a case of road fever brought on by prolonged exposure to the journals of Lewis and Clark, Dayton Duncan has retraced the Corps. army during the first three American Presidents who was discovered after his death to have been a spy for the Spanish Crown. Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery is a 1997 television documentary miniseries about the Lewis and Clark Expedition directed and co-produced by Ken Burns.

#Ken burns lewis and clark corps of discovery series#

For instance, in one of the first chapters of The Secret History of Twin Peaks, a companion book to the television series Twin Peaks, it's theorized in great semi-fictional detail, some of it based on actual historical facts, that the man behind the conspiracy to murder Meriwether Lewis was none other than General James Wilkinson, commander of the U.S. Examples of this discussion can be found in pop culture as well. Due to numerous inconsistencies, oddities and lack of hard facts and evidence, the death of Meriwether Lewis became, in time, a topic of great discussion, wild speculation and genuine controversy as more and more people including some historians began to favor the idea that he was in fact murdered.