Dan

Provides a great look at some of the driving forces of poverty. I kinda wish it went into more detail, but it is otherwise a very powerful book.

great info. Now if I could just get my 13 yr old to read it.

He’s got a lot of very interesting stories but he’s not a great storyteller. It felt like bits were missing that hurt the flow from one tale to the next. Bragging about some of his sexual exploits and abilities seemed unnecessary to the stories he was telling, too.

Too complicated. Hard to follow along.

Very entertaining story but wayyyy too many names and places to remember.

This was an extremely thorough and entertaining look at Meriweather Lewis and his adventure to the Pacific with William Clark. Ambrose provides an extensive look at the events leading to the famous Westward trek and leads the reader through a variety of different actors that contributed to the expedition becoming reality.

While I don't have any quibbles with the narrative or facts presented, I was disappointed at the editing in this book. I found at least a few typos or misplaced words and the placement of the maps and imagery did not match up with the action of the narrative, requiring me to try and find the map that corresponds with the timeline.

There was also a mention of a person that had not previously been introduced but was written about as if they had, which was very confusing and required multiple re-reads of the paragraph.

Overall, I genuinely enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone interested in this time period, or in historic exploration & explorers.

1) The prose is better suited for a younger audience (which I knew going in).

2) Lots of content + a long period of time = hard to get into much detail (which I should have know going in).

3) It definitely makes me want to read the original.