Seaman: The Dog Who Explored the West With Lewis and Clark (Peachtree Junior Publication) | 
 enlarge | Author: Gail Langer Karwoski
Creator: James Watling
Publisher: Peachtree Jr
Category: Book
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 583920
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Anniversary
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 192
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 1561452769
UPC: 765288527693
EAN: 9781561452767
ASIN: 1561452769
Publication Date: April 2003
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IT IS 1804--a historic year in America--the year that Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the Corps of Discovery set out for their now-legendary exploration of the Louisiana Purchase, departing St. Louis to travel across the country to the Pacific Ocean and back. In this fictionalized biography of the journey based upon the journals of Lewis, Clark, and other members of the team, an unheralded member of the Corps, Seaman, a 150-pound Newfoundland dog, is introduced to young historians. Seaman travels the long journey with the Corps, serving a key role in the expedition's success, catching and retrieving game, and protecting the expedition team from wild animals and hostile Indians. Come along with Lewis, Clark, the Corps of Discovery, and Seaman as they meet Sacagawea who joins the expedition; form friendships with several Indian tribes; survive near-death encounters; grizzly bear attacks; and buffalo bull stampedes through the camp; cross the Continental Divide; overcome the wounding of their seemingly fearless leader, Meriwether Lewis; rejoice as they return to civilization in 1806.
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 Fabulous book for the young reader October 9, 2007
M. Smith (Springfield, VA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is based in fact, and done so very well. I have given it only four stars as the majority of the story, such as the dialogues and day-to-day happenings, is fiction. The young reader, such as my son, may very well take that book as all fact.
The author has done a great job bringing the young reader into the adventures that Lewis and Clark experienced through the use of Seaman, the dog, Her use of historical reference such as the diaries kept my the Captains and other written accounts kept by the members of the Corps of Discovery reflect the importance and difficulties of the jouney. Seaman is the comic relief in the story and keeps the young reader interested and giggling. I learned a few things by reading this book myself.
As a mother and historian, I recommend this book highly for the young reader.
 Teaching Through Reading January 16, 2007
Rhonda Alderson (Clairton, PA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this book for my 10 yr old daughter for Christmas, along with 2 others. We have a Newfoundland and I thought she would enjoy reading this. She started reading it Christmas Day, and finished it the same day. She would read passages from the book to me. She learned about Lewis and Clark in school, but this gave her a better understanding of their expedition. Perhaps her teacher should have used this book to make the learning process that much easier. My daughter loved it! Any book she reads in a day will be on her bookshelf forever, and will be read many times over. Who knew history could be so interesting to a 10 yr old?!
I would recommend this book to any parent of a child who loves to learn through reading. It's off the beaten path, but that is what makes it so interesting. The children don't need to know they are learning history. To them, they are reading a good book. The added bonus IS that they are learning.
The Adventure of the Century December 10, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Seaman is a dog who has never been to the sea. When his owner sells him to Lewis (as in Lewis and Clark) his sea life adventure begins. He has to overcome Indians, wolves, the long winter, bears, and a rampaging buffalo. To go along with their troubles they get stuck on the Rocky Mountains with Sacagawea, her little baby boy, and no food. But of course it might get better, but it always gets worse. One of their crew members gets sick and the captains don't know what to do, and if that isn't enough, Seaman gets captured by Indians. If you like a good adventure or you like to learn or you like both this story is a combination of the two. Hope you enjoy the book!
Seaman, Fearless explorer of the west March 20, 2006
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2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Seaman: The dog who explored the west with Lewis and Clark by Gail Langer Karwoski 179 pages
In 1804, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the Corps of Discovery set out for their now-legendary exploration of the Louisiana Purchase, departing St. Louis to travel across the country to the Pacific Ocean and back. Seaman, a 150-pound Newfoundland dog, is introduced to young historians. Seaman travels the long journey with the Corps, serving a key role in the expedition's success, catching and retrieving game, and protecting the expedition team from wild animals and hostile Indians. Seaman and the Corps of Discovery are joined by an indian woman named Sacagawea who helped translate the other indian tribes languages into english. Seaman and The Corps of Discovery form friendships with several Indian tribes; survive near-death encounters; grizzly bear attacks; and buffalo bull stampedes through the camp; cross the Continental Divide; overcome the wounding of their seemingly fearless leader, Meriwether Lewis; rejoice as they return to civilization in 1806.
I really like this book because I learned alot more about their journey and perils they faced. The only part in this book I didn't like was that Seaman didn't stay with Meriwether Lewis in the end. I would really recommend this book because it was fun to read and kept you wondering what was going to happen next.
Seaman, a brave and loyal dog explorer, who left his big pawprint on the history of America! March 15, 2006
Glenn Miller (Clearwater, Florida United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Seaman: The Dog Who Explored the West With Lewis and Clark
by Gail Langer Karwoski 183 pages
The book Seaman started out with Merriwether Lewis buying the Newfoundland dog Seaman from a hunter. Lewis and Clark were getting their explorers ready to go explore the continent. All of the characters were real explorers who were in the Corps of Discovery. This book showed how brave Sacagawea really was. She never once panicked when the boat tipped over. She was calm and quiet. Seaman, one of the main characters, was a wonderful, intelligent animal. What I liked about this book was that I really enjoyed reading it. It made me understand the Lewis and Clark expedition a lot better, and I loved how they included Seaman along in their journey. Seaman was a really smart dog and he cheered the explorers up whenever they were sad and homesick. This book was also based on true events. What I didn't like about this book was how at the end, Seaman didn't stay with Merriwether Lewis. He stayed with John Colter and continued to explore the West. I wish I knew what happened to Seaman. All in all I loved this book! I would definently recommend this book. I can tell it is for younger readers, but I still thought it was a nice book. I think that any animal and history fans will LOVE this book! Seaman is so smart and he has a wonderful personality. I am happy I chose this book.
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