The Death of Meriwether Lewis: A Historic Crime Scene Investigation
- ISBN-10
- 0964931540
- ISBN-13
- 9780964931541
- Category
- Death
- Pages
- 371
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- River Junction Press LLC
- Authors
- James E. Starrs, Kira Gale
Description
A Coroner's Inquest held in Tennessee in 1996 has investigated the mysterious death of Meriwether Lewis on the Natchez Trace on October 11, 1809 and has heard testimony from leading historians and forensic scientists, examining physical evidence and a wide variety of documents, using theories that include both suicide and murder.
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