Lisser l’avenir : le « journal » de Patrick Gass et la peinture de l’Ouest

When he embarked on the voyage up the Missouri River in May 1804 as a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, little did Patrick Gass know that he was about to play a seminal role in the Corps of Discovery. In addition to his countless contributions throughout the journey to the Pacific coast, the...

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Main Author: Florent ATEM
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Published: Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Monde Anglophone (LERMA) 2024-12-01
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description When he embarked on the voyage up the Missouri River in May 1804 as a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, little did Patrick Gass know that he was about to play a seminal role in the Corps of Discovery. In addition to his countless contributions throughout the journey to the Pacific coast, the carpenter of the party was also one of the seven journalists of the group. Published as early as 1807—one year after the triumphant return to St. Louis—his story of the adventure would, for seven years, be the only available account of the American epic into the wilderness; a genuine invitation to traveling, it would singlehandedly fan the flame of expansionist desire. In this respect, beyond the apparently linear and chronological aspect of his narrative, more than a past experience being passed on to the coming generations, it is truly a vision of the nation’s future that Gass, through the pages of his journal, reveals to his fellow citizens.
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Lisser l’avenir : le « journal » de Patrick Gass et la peinture de l’Ouest
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title Lisser l’avenir : le « journal » de Patrick Gass et la peinture de l’Ouest
title_full Lisser l’avenir : le « journal » de Patrick Gass et la peinture de l’Ouest
title_fullStr Lisser l’avenir : le « journal » de Patrick Gass et la peinture de l’Ouest
title_full_unstemmed Lisser l’avenir : le « journal » de Patrick Gass et la peinture de l’Ouest
title_short Lisser l’avenir : le « journal » de Patrick Gass et la peinture de l’Ouest
title_sort lisser l avenir le journal de patrick gass et la peinture de l ouest
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American West
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Meriwether Lewis
William Clark
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