Lewis & Clark factoid dump

[madlori]

So today's Netflix streaming viewing has been the Ken Burns docu about the Lewis & Clark expedition (yes, I'm DVRing the Prohibition one to watch later). It was very interesting.

Regardless of how one feels about the expansion of the United States across the continent and what subsequently happened to the people already living there (and I can't

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[abigail89]

I love that documentary with a passion. So well done, and so chock full of great photography and information.

[merimask]

I was just watching that on Netflix the other night...fascinating! I love Ken Burns documentaries, too. If you've never seen his "Baseball" documentary, watch it (it's a long one in many parts like "The Civil War" but totally worth seeing)...it's also on Netflix.

[khylara]

I love Ken Burns - every couple months I have a Civil War marathon and I just finished The War. Will have to rent Lewis & Clark from the library. Thank you!

[aome]

I would love to know what this novel is that fictionalizes Lewis being in love with Clark. Sounds interesting. :D

I'm not sure I would necessarily consider ages 30 and 34 as "young men" in those days. They could have almost been grandfathers by then - young grandfathers, but certainly possible.

Overall, the documentary sounds pretty cool. :)

[darth_kittius]

When I was in 7th grade I was, like, hella obsessed with Lewis & Clark. Fascinating stuff.