In the annals of American history, two names are known for laying claim to the uncharted American West. Two names stand above all others as the intrepid explorers who forged across the unknown wilds of the Louisiana Purchase, blazing a course... See more through the untamed country to the shores of the Pacific Ocean. Two names and two names alone: Lewis and Clark. Wrong. Now the true history of the race to express our country’s Manifest Destiny from sea to shining sea can finally be told. To the pantheon of American heroes, the two real conquerors of the American frontier can at last be added: Edwards and Hunt. This is their tale.