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- ↑ Amy Woods Butler, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Nov. 25, 2007
- ↑ Joseph B. Frazier, Book Explores Meriwether Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle Nov. 9, 2007
- ↑ Seattle Times Review
Ron Charles, Washington Post review 11/4/07.
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