2003markedtheBicentennialoftheLewisandClarkExpeditionandschools,librariesandotherorganizationsplannedspecialeventsandprojects.AmajorcharacterinthestoryoftheexpeditionisSacajawea.ShewasjustaShoshoneteenagerwhenshehelpedleadexplorersLewisandClarkthroughthewildsoftheAmericanNorthwest.ThecarefullyrenderedillustrationsinthisbookvividlydepictscenesfromthelifeofthisremarkableyoungNativeAmerican--herabductionasachildbyenemytribesmen,lifeasacaptive,andmarriagetoaFrenchtrader,herinvaluableserviceduringtheexpeditionasaninterpreterandguide(1805),andhereventualreturntothelandofherchildhood.Informativecaptionsincluded.
