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Ep. 883: A New History of Lewis and Clark

June 01, 2026

Description

Steven Rinella talks with author Craig Fehrman. Topics discussed: Craig's new book, This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark; York, Ordway, Black Buffalo, Sacajawea, and other key...
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Books Referenced

This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis and Clark

Author: Craig Furman

Context:

Craig Furman is the guest on the podcast promoting his brand new book about the Lewis and Clark expedition, which tells the story through rotating points of view of different individuals on the journey, including previously undiscovered archival material.

Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote

Author: Craig Furman

Context:

Mentioned as Craig Furman's previous book, which Steven Rinella said he would be 'way less inclined to read' but still found interesting, covering the history of books written by U.S. presidents.

Undaunted Courage

Author: Unknown

Context:

Mentioned near the end of the episode as the book that was always considered the one that would spin into an HBO series about Lewis and Clark, but it hasn't happened yet.

Crazy Horse (biography by Larry McMurtry)

Author: Larry McMurtry

Context:

Rinella brought up how Larry McMurtry wrote a very thin biography of Crazy Horse because, as McMurtry admits in the beginning, there just isn't much that is actually known about Crazy Horse.

As I Lay Dying

Author: Unknown

Context:

Craig Furman mentioned he could have cited As I Lay Dying instead of Game of Thrones as an example of a book that uses rotating points of view, similar to what he did in his Lewis and Clark book.