Category: History: U.S.: L&C

Copyright/published Year: 2001 by Mountain Press

ISBN: 0-87842-432-6

Binding: PAPER

Description: When the explorers Lewis and Clark asked the Shoshone woman ì Sacagawea and her husband, French trapper Toussaint Charbonneau, ì to act as interpreters for their expedition, the couple brought ì along their two-month-old son, Jean Baptiste. Over the course of ì the two-year journey, baby Baptiste won the hearts of the rough ì men of the corps. Captain Clark called him "my little dancing ì boy." But the rest of the story of this intriguing young figure ì has been largely untold--until now.

Sacagawea's Son: The Life of Jean Baptiste Charbonneau ì tells the action-packed, sometimes poignant story of a boy born ì to adventure. Baptiste's experiences with the Corps of Discovery ì were only the beginning. Educated in St. Louis by Captain Clark, ì he went on to live in a royal palace in Europe and to speak many ì languages. But, truly his parents' son, he returned to the ì American West, living out his life as a trapper, scout, and ì explorer alongside the likes of Kit Carson, James Bridger, and ì John Fremont. Readers ages ten and up will thrill to this lively ì and fascinating account of the life of Jean Baptiste ì Charbonneau--a child chosen by history.

(Includes California, Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, ì North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington.)

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