The Conquest: The True Story of Lewis and Clark
| Title | The Conquest: The True Story of Lewis and Clark |
| Year of Publication | 1902 |
| Publication Type | Novel |
| Number of Pages or Episodes | 443 p. |
| Language | English |
| Authors | Dye, Eva Emery |
| Publisher | A. C. McClurg & Company |
| City | Chicago |
| Keywords | Anthony Wayne (1745-96); Corps of Discovery; explorers; George Shannon (1785-1836); George Washington (1732-99); Legion of the United States; Lewis and Clark Expedition; Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809); Northwest Indian War; soldiers; Whiskey Rebellion; William Clark (1770-1838) |
| Abstract | A fictionalized account of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1803-1806), briefly opening in Pittsburgh where its big boat is built on the Allegheny River before to the Pacific coast. The novel also includes “Mad” Anthony Wayne’s campaign from Pittsburgh to the Northwest Territory and the Whiskey Rebellion. The Conquest was a popular historical novel and is best known as the first staging of Sacagawea as an important character in the Expedition. |
| Author Biography | Eva Emery Dye (1855-1947), born in Oregon City, Oregon, was a writer of the Pacific Northwest and a prominent member of the Women's Suffrage Movement. |
| Time | 1794-1803 |
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