tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16093101.post112786301081918627..comments2007-04-14T06:53:00.564-07:00Stephen T. Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446229526790259482noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16093101.post-1127869853211259932005-09-27T18:10:53.213-07:002005-09-27T18:10:53.213-07:00Hey Steve,<BR/>Nice post. I particularly liked your comments about Jefferson’s instructions to to Lewis and Clark. Jefferson was the guiding hand of the expedition, and his instructions to the two captains was not unlike the instructions a judge gives before charging the jury in a criminal case. They paint the parameters within which the captains were to execute their mission. Add to this the fact that the president of the united states was issuing instruction directly to a couple of army captains, cutting several layers of bureaucracy out of the loop in the process, and we gain understanding of how important this effort was to Jefferson, and the defree to which he determined the outcome.ksturckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18385149599703507779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16093101.post-1127864553795528792005-09-27T16:42:33.796-07:002005-09-27T16:42:33.796-07:00Steve, I was happy to read your long and good blog since we seemed to concentrate on Calloway so much in class yesterday. Sorry you didn't get your full hour on Lewis&Clark because of "technical difficulties." Enjoyed the Ken Burns segment--possibly even more so because we could critique it better after reading our last week's books. I haven't seen that series yet, but I did recently rent National Geographic's "Lewis and Clark" from NetFlix and liked it. Don't remember it pushing the hero thing, was more landscape-oriented and matter-of-fact.Audrey Hauganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340157264513767959noreply@blogger.com