Literary Fiction
I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company: A Novel of Lewis and Clark
2003·432 pages
Multi-perspective historical novel re-creating the Lewis and Clark expedition through the voices of its leaders, Sacagawea, and her husband amid frontier hardships and cultural encounters.
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Multi-perspective historical novel re-creating the Lewis and Clark expedition through the voices of its leaders, Sacagawea, and her husband amid frontier hardships and cultural encounters.
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A sweeping, gorgeously written novel of Lewis and Clark's legendary expedition, named one of the best novels of the year by The Boston Globe , Salon , The Los Angeles Times , and The Christian Science Monitor . Brian Hall’s compulsively readable novel vividly re-creates Lewis and Clark’s extraordinary journey into the unknown western frontier. Focusing on the emblematic moments of the participants’ lives, the story unfolds through the perspectives of four competing voices—from the troubled and m...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content depicted
Violence & gore
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Violent conflicts with Blackfeet and other tribes during the expedition
Profanity
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No profanity or strong language depicted
Substance use
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No substance use depicted
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ characters or themes present
Religious content
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No religious themes or content present
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft elements
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonological content
Political content
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Cultural clashes between white explorers and Native American tribes
Self-harm / suicide
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Meriwether Lewis's depression explored; no self-harm or suicide depicted
Abuse & suffering
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Sacagawea's captivity as a Shoshone girl; Native American displacement and hardship
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