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2003 young-adult historical novel by Stephen Ambrose

This Vast Land is an historical novel for the young-adult public, written by American historian and author Stephen Ambrose. Published in 2003 by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, it a fictionalized account in the form of a diary written by George Shannon, the youngest member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The novel details the expedition from Shannon's viewpoint; although beginning the expedition as the most inexperienced member, he slowly matures into one of the expedition's most important figures.

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Works	Halleck: Lincoln's Chief of Staff (1962) Upton and the Army (1964) Duty, Honor, Country: A History of West Point (1966) Eisenhower and Berlin, 1945: The Decision to Halt at the Elbe (1967) The Supreme Commander: the War Years of General Dwight D. Eisenhower (1970) Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors (1975) Ike's Spies: Eisenhower and the Espionage Establishment (1981) Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944 (1985) Nixon: The Education of a Politician, 1913-1962 (1987) Eisenhower: Soldier and President (1990) Nixon: The Triumph of a Politician, 1962-1972 (1990) Nixon: Ruin and Recovery, 1973–1990 (1991) Band of Brothers, E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne: From Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest (1992) D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II (1994) Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West (1996) Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944 - May 7, 1945 (1997) Americans at War (1997) The Victors: Eisenhower and his Boys - The Men of World War II (1998) Comrades: Brothers, Fathers, Heroes, Sons, Pals (1999) Nothing Like it in the World: The Men who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869 (2000) The Wild Blue, The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944–45 (2001) To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian (2002) This Vast Land (2003)

Stephen E. Ambrose

Works

Halleck: Lincoln's Chief of Staff (1962)
Upton and the Army (1964)
Duty, Honor, Country: A History of West Point (1966)
Eisenhower and Berlin, 1945: The Decision to Halt at the Elbe (1967)
The Supreme Commander: the War Years of General Dwight D. Eisenhower (1970)
Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors (1975)
Ike's Spies: Eisenhower and the Espionage Establishment (1981)
Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944 (1985)
Nixon: The Education of a Politician, 1913-1962 (1987)
Eisenhower: Soldier and President (1990)
Nixon: The Triumph of a Politician, 1962-1972 (1990)
Nixon: Ruin and Recovery, 1973–1990 (1991)
Band of Brothers, E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne: From Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest (1992)
D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II (1994)
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West (1996)
Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944 - May 7, 1945 (1997)
Americans at War (1997)
The Victors: Eisenhower and his Boys - The Men of World War II (1998)
Comrades: Brothers, Fathers, Heroes, Sons, Pals (1999)
Nothing Like it in the World: The Men who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869 (2000)
The Wild Blue, The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944–45 (2001)
To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian (2002)
This Vast Land (2003)

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