Have you ever wondered what it was like to explore the Louisiana Purchase territory? A mass of land never recorded on a document, the unknown behind it, the adventure that entails! In the book Undaunted Courage written by biographer Stephen E. Ambrose we take a look at the personal diary of Meriwether Lewis. The author takes us from Meriwether's birth and early life, through his expedition and his political career, to his untimely death. The book opens with the author talking about his journey home from a summer stay in a cabin in the north. The importance of this is due to the subsequent stop made at his aunt's house along the way. The author notes that she has a "nice" set of one editions of Lewis's journals. After purchasing the diaries from his aunt, the author claims to have read them and discussed them often with his aunt, so much so that they even followed the path taken by Lewis and his group of explorers. All of this goes into explaining his love of exploration all those years ago, with his final statement saying he felt “privileged” to have spent time with Lewis. The first chapters of the book explain Meriwether's life before his feat. of the shipment. The author informs us of Lewis's birth in 1774 to a Virginia plantation family. The reader is informed of the years Lewis spent in Georgia, returning to Virginia at the age of thirteen. Lewis spent the years until his eighteenth birthday studying a formal education, in preparation to manage the land he would inherit from his father. Lewis' time on the family plantation was short-lived, as he volunteered for the Virginia militia where he would spend the next six years of his life. Meriw... middle of the paper... the credit is that the shipping was very long. This slower pace could also be due to my reading comics that are incredibly fast paced to keep the reader's attention. All in all the details are necessary because they detail Lewis' writings throughout his life and adventures. From her birth in Virginia, through her childhood, and to her untimely death, the book chronicles Meriwether Lewis' life as told. by Stephen E. Ambrose. The author had great respect for the man behind the adventure after reading a copy of his journals. I wondered what it would be like to explore the Louisiana Purchase territory, and now, after reading this book, I have a vague idea of ​​what they went through. Although I will never truly know because of the separation in the way we live, but I got to experience it vicariously as I read this book.