A triumph of historical detective work, Crossing the Continent is the remarkable, never-before-told story of the first black explorer and adventurer in America,

Arriving as the country commemorates the expedition's bicentennial, Across the Continent is an examination of the explorers' world and the complicated ways in w

Chronicles the perils and triumphs of the intrepid Scotsman who explored Canada's northwestern wilderness

"...an adventure story more thrilling than Defoe or Melville could have imagined."--The Philadelphia Inquirer The true story of America's first great explorer a

Lummis' foot journey from Ohio to Los Angeles. Very descriptive of the Southwest.