{"product_id":"southern-counterpart-to-lewis-and-clark-volume-67-the-freeman-and-custis-expedition-of-1806-9780806119410","title":"Southern Counterpart to Lewis and Clark, Volume 67: The Freeman and Custis Expedition of 1806","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1806 President Thomas Jefferson sent cartographer Thomas Freeman and botanist Peter Custis to explore the southen Louisiana Purchase westward to the Rocky Moutnains. Stopped by a Spanish army in what is today extreme southern Oklahoma, they did not complete their mission. President Jefferson minimized their failure by focusing instead on the success of their northern counterparts Lewis and Clark. Hence the fame of Lewis and Clark and the virtual anonymity of Freeman and Custis-until now, thanks to editor Dan L. Flores.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDan Flores presents the primary documents created by Freeman and Custis during their ill-fated attempt to explore the Louisiana territory and areas west of the Mississippi in 1806.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlores, Dan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDan Flores\u003c\/b\u003e is retired as A. B. Hammond Professor of History at the University of Montana, Missoula. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eVisions of the Big Sky: Painting and Photographing the Northern Rocky Mountain West\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Natural West: Environmental History in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328502403346,"sku":"9780806119410","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1bcb40a0-1ff0-42be-b6fc-278e78244b81.jpg?v=1727742634","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/southern-counterpart-to-lewis-and-clark-volume-67-the-freeman-and-custis-expedition-of-1806-9780806119410","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}