"The Truth about Sacajawea" - Kenneth Thomasma

I learned so many things that I never knew about Sacajawea. I appreciated the detail, clarity, and use of primary sources by the author. He used Lewis and Clark's journals, added his own comments, and then filled in details known about the time and the expedition.

Sacajawea (the Shoshoni spelling of her name) was one of two wives of a Frenchman, a teenager herself. She was skilled at food gathering, cool under fire, and a hard worker. The admiration of Lewis and Clark for Sacajawea comes through in their journal writings.

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A novel about the time period, The Holy Warrior by Gilbert Morris.