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100 1 $aBetts, Robert B.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79029145
245 10 $aIn search of York :$bthe slave who went to the Pacific with Lewis and Clark /$cby Robert B. Betts.
260 $aBoulder :$bColorado Associated University Press :$bLewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation,$c[2000], ©2000.
300 $ax, 204 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (some color), maps ;$c27 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 195-200) and index.
520 1 $a"The sole African American member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, William Clark's enigmatic body servant York has inspired numerous myths about his character and exploits. He was supposed to be a man of superb physique and stamina, and some believed that he clowned and womanized his way across the continent and made no significant contributions to the outcome of the Expedition.
520 8 $aMore often than not, it was assumed that these myths surrounding him were reliable portrayals of the first black man to cross the United States.".
520 8 $a"First published in 1985, Robert B. Betts's unique account of this long-obscured historical figure is now back in an updated edition with a new Epilogue by James J. Holmberg that chronicles York's life after the expedition in much greater detail. In Search of York removes many of the fallacies surrounding York and pinpoints the important role he played in the success of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
520 8 $aThrough painstaking research and the synthesis of all information known about York, Betts exposes the impact of racial prejudice on historical interpretation. Neither the hero that a few romantic chroniclers have drawn nor the buffoon of many accounts tainted with racism, York emerges as a believable human being touching both the heights and depths of the world he lived in."--BOOK JACKET.
600 00 $aYork,$dapproximately 1775-approximately 1815.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85156112
611 20 $aLewis and Clark Expedition$d(1804-1806)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84018492
650 0 $aSlaves$zWest (U.S.)$vBiography.
651 0 $aWest (U.S.)$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113458
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