The Lost Guide.The Lost Guide Richard Ri·chard , Joseph Henri Maurice Known as "Rocket." 1921-2000. Canadian hockey player. A right wing for the Montreal Canadiens (1942-1960), he led his team to eight Stanley Cup championships and was the first player to score 50 goals in a Hetu East Village Press 666 Greenwich Street, Sujite 643, NY, NY 10014 0975330705 $25.95 1-646-352-2117 www.eastvillagepress.com There are a great many new books out now on the Lewis & Clark, but The Lost Guide: The Man Behind The Lewis And Clark Expedition Lewis and Clark expedition, 1803–6, U.S. expedition that explored the territory of the Louisiana Purchase and the country beyond as far as the Pacific Ocean. is unique and particularly recommended reading. This is the story of Toussaint Charbonneau Toussaint Charbonneau (March 20, 1767 - August 12, 1843; see note) was a French-Canadian explorer and trader, and a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, best known as the husband of Sacagawea. , Sacagawea's "Husband" and a many who has been a neglected element of the Lewis & Clark historic journey of discover. Charbonneau played a crucial role in the expedition, indeed, without him there would never have been Sacagawea and it is more than likely that without her the expedition would have been doomed to failure at several critical points. Charbonneau was one of the many French-Canadians in the early history of the western frontier fur trade fur trade, in American history. Trade in animal skins and pelts had gone on since antiquity, but reached its height in the wilderness of North America from the 17th to the early 19th cent. . When the Lewis & Clark expedition was formed, he was living among the Native American Hidatsas whose lands in 1808 were in the Upper Missouri Missouri, state, United States Missouri (mĭz  r`ē, –ə), one of the midwestern states of the United States. area. Very ably written by Montreal journalist Richard Hetu, The Lost Guide restores not only Charbonneau to his proper place, but the role and historic contributions of the French-Canadians in the early beginning days of what was to become the great westward expansion from the eastern seaboard to the shores of the Pacific ocean.
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