Florentine Films used the interviews found here in “Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery.” Conducted with John Logan Allen, Stephen E. Ambrose, Gerard Baker, Dayton Duncan, Erica Funkhouser, William Least Heat-Moon, and James P. Ronda, the interviews were excerpted as necessary; in turn, the excerpts were integrated into the film.

Courtesy of the filmmakers, you can now access the full, unedited interviews – over 800 minutes of fascinating discussion about the Lewis and Clark expedition. Listen to the voices of the experts themselves in RealAudio, or read through the text of the interview transcripts.

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John Logan Allen

John Logan Allen is Professor and Chair of Geography at the University of Wyoming. He is a frequent lecturer and the author of numerous scholarly works, including Lewis and Clark and the Image of the American West Listen to the RealAudio Read the transcript.

Stephen Ambrose

Stephen E. Ambrose was the author of many best-selling books about American history, including Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West. He died in October 2002. Listen to the RealAudio Read the transcript.

Gerard Baker

Gerard Baker is a full-blooded Mandan-Hidatsa from Mandaree, North Dakota. An employee of the National Park Service for more than 25 years, Baker is Superintendent of the Lewis and Clark National Historical Trail. Listen to the RealAudio Read the transcript.

Dayton Duncan

Dayton Duncan, writer and co-producer of “Lewis and Clark” and co-author of the film’s companion book, is the author of six other books, including Out West: An American Journey along the Lewis and Clark Trail, in which he retraced the historic expedition route. Listen to the RealAudio Read the transcript.

Erica Funkhouser

Erica Funkhouser is the author of four books of poetry, Natural Affinities, The Natural World, Pursuit, Sure Shot and Other Poems. Listen to the RealAudio Read the transcript.

William Least Heat-Moon

William Least Heat Moon is considered to be one of the finest travel writers in America. He is the author of three books, Blue Highways, PrairyErth, and River Horse, and had taught literature and writing at several colleges. Listen to the RealAudio Read the transcript.

James P. Ronda

James P. Ronda, Barnard Professor of West American History at the University of Tulsa, has written several books about the Lewis and Clark expedition, including Lewis and Clark Among the Indians. Listen to the RealAudio Read the transcript.