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Book Review: Sacajawea By Harold P. Howard

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John Paul Secrest Professor Tinsley Essay Review December 7, 2016 In this essay, the historical work that will be analyzed and reviewed is the story of Sacajawea by Harold P. Howard. This book recounts the story of Sacajawea and her journey with Lewis and Clark. Howard mainly tells the story of the Lewis and Clark expedition while focusing in on a few points about Sacajawea. The story also talks about the history of her husband Toussaint Charbonneau and son John Baptiste. In the end of the book, Howard discusses the earlier and later life of Sacajawea as well since it is not as well-known compared to her journey with the Corps of Discovery. Howard discusses the thesis of this book early on in the preface of his writing. According …show more content…

Howard explains everything that happened on the journey with detail which gives readers a good mental image about what is going on in the story. For example, “picture a slight, active Indian girl, with the black hair and copper skin of most Shoshonis of her time…freshly clothed in fringed deerskin” (pg. 148). The visual details that Howard provides consist of maps and a few drawings throughout the book and also at different stages of the journey. He also provides a drawing of what Sacajawea might’ve looked like and a few drawings of the places that they stayed at during the journey. The images Howard puts in the story helps explain the journey that was undertaken in further detail. They also help the reader develop a good picture and understanding about the time period and its …show more content…

In regard to the conclusions, he provides many reasons throughout the story to help convince readers about his standpoint on Sacajawea being important in westward expansion without telling readers outward that this is his reason. He gives examples throughout the story such as, “Sacajawea, who studied the moccasin, said that it did not belong to the Shoshoni” (pg. 33). This shows that Sacajawea helped recognize Indian signs and helped as a guide by just saying that she studied a moccasin. Other examples are given where Howard talks about Sacajawea’s berry gathering, translating, and other jobs throughout the story. Howard also gives examples of her guiding during the journey which are seen more when they get into Shoshoni territory. “The information they received from Sacajawea influenced the decision of the captains…” (pg

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