Just three years before The Catcher in the Rye was published, Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead was published with all instances of f**k rendered as fug.. Holden's comparatively profligate profanity was a revelation at the time, and contributed to the book's eventual status as one of the century's most-banned.
Lewis and Clark Expedition. For other uses, see Lewis and Clark (disambiguation). The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States. It began near St. Louis, made its way westward, and passed through the continental divide to reach the Pacific coast.
Lewis and Clark Timeline from the 2005 Lewis and Clark Trail Bicentennial Edition, based on information in The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 13-Volume Set Gary E. Moulton. May 14, 1804 - Camp River Dubois, Illinois - The expedition began. Clark led the men in three boats; the 55-foot long keelboat and two pirogues of over 40 feet in length, one painted red, the other white. Clark wrote: Rained the fore part of the day.