Elliott West’s The West Before Lewis and Clark begins by emphasizing how Lewis and Clark’s expedition to the West is important to the American narrative of westward expansion, but their story does not encapsulate the whole of western exploration. To prove this, West recounts the lives of three figures in history. The notable common characteristic between these three people is that they all explored or lived in the West, almost a century and a quarter, before Lewis and Clark set off on their expedition. Additionally, from looking at the perspective of these three people, it reveals the complex interactions between the different people, the French, the Spanish, the Native Americans, who were in the West at that time.
To prove his thesis, West
To prove his thesis, West