About this episode

Craig Fehrman discusses his book on Lewis and Clark with Max Mitchell, exploring the historical significance of their journey.

Craig Fehrman speaks to EI’s Max Mitchell about his new book ‘This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark’, shedding light on one of America’s founding myths. Image: ‘America in the Making: Lewis and Clark’ by Newell Convers Wyeth (1938). Credit: Alamy

People in this episode

Host: Max Mitchell

Guest: Craig Fehrman

Topics covered

• Lewis and Clark
• American history
• exploration
• founding myths
• book discussion

Keywords

• Lewis and Clark
• American history
• exploration
• founding myths
• Craig Fehrman
• Max Mitchell
• book review

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Engelsberg Ideas

Books & works: This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark, America in the Making: Lewis and Clark

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