"This is a triumph of both research and storytelling. The endeavors of the amazing William Clark are fascinating, and they help us understand the opening of the west and the expansion of America. By recounting both his famous explorations and his more controversial work resettling native Americans, Lanny Jones helps us make vivid and personal the conflicts that are integral to our history." --Walter Isaacson, author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
"A fascinating, richly textured tale of a brave and complicated man. Landon Jones has brought to life a violent, morally complex time--when the frontier was St. Louis and diplomats and statesmen needed to be warriors and explorers." --Evan Thomas, author of John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy
"At last a full length comprehensive study of the life of one of America's most overlooked heroes. Landon Jones has given us a map of William Clark's life, showing us the points where he was a man of his time and the moments he was far ahead of it. He directs us to Clark's involvement in the sad episode that was the removal of the Native American Indian, spanning from its naive beginnings to the bitterly cruel end. Jones presents William Clark warts and all; we see that for all his apparent contradictions, Clark remained always a man true to himself." --Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs, co-author, The Lewis and Clark Companion
"With Landon Jones' superb biography of William Clark we have at last a full treatment of this distinguished American, written with sparkle and insight. The wait is over." --Gary E. Moulton, editor, The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
