UNDAUNTED COURAGE: MERIWETHER LEWIS, THOMAS JEFFERSON, AND THE OPENING OF THE AMERICAN WEST, by Stephen E. Ambrose. Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1996. Hardcover with dust jacket, 511 pages. FIRST EDITION, LATER PRINTING. SIGNED by Stephen E. Ambrose, Ken Burns, and Dayton Duncan. This book inspired Burns and his fellow producer/screenwriter, Dayton Duncan, to make a documentary about the Lewis & Clark Expedition. Book was signed at Fort Clatsop in Astoria, Oregon, where the Expedition encamped at the mouth of the Columbia River. A one-of-a-kind book.  

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Condition: Book is Very Good+. A few small tape marks from where dust jacket was previously affixed. Dust jacket is Near Fine. Beautifully protected in Mylar.

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