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Botkin, Daniel. Our natural history; the lessons of Lewis & Clark.


BOTKIN, Daniel. Our natural history; the lessons of Lewis & Clark. Oxford Univ. Press. 304p. notes. index. c1995. 0-19-516829-1. $15.95. JSA JSA - Japanese Standards Association.  

From St. Louis to the Pacific and back again, William Clark, Meriwether Lewis and their band of intrepid explorers opened up the West to their fellow Americans in 1804. Along the way they recorded the natural features of the land and collected animals and plants. This new edition of a book first published in 1995 includes an afterword af·ter·word  
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 by the author. Daniel Botkin, botanist and ecologist, emphasizes the differences between the land then and now, noting the changes wrought by the coming of civilization and wondering about its effects on a future America. Topics include various Indian tribes INDIAN TRIBE. A separate and distinct community or body of the aboriginal Indian race of men found in the United States.
     2. Such a tribe, situated within the boundaries of a state, and exercising the powers of government and, sovereignty, under the national
, meandering rivers, grizzlies The name Grizzlies may refer to:
  • Grizzly bears
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  • Northside High School football team.
  • Fresno Grizzlies, a minor league triple-a associate of the San Francisco Giants.
, buffalo, wolves, forests and prairies prairies, generally level, originally grass-covered and treeless plains of North America, stretching from W Ohio through Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa to the Great Plains region. . Written in vivid detail, this story of Lewis and Clark will appeal to environmentalists as well as to a broader general audience.

J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers.

S--Recommended for senior high school students.

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Janet Julian, Grafton, MA
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