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Thomas J. Elpel had the unique opportunity to carve a dugout canoe with Churchill Clark, the great-great-great-great grandson of Captain Clark. Together they whittled a 10,000 lb. Douglas fir log down to a 500+ lb. canoe.

Tom then led a five month "Missouri River Corps of Rediscovery" expedition with friends and former students, paddling this 2,341-mile segment of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail from Three Forks, Montana to St. Louis, Missouri. Throughout the journey, Tom wrote a weekly column that was published by newspapers in Montana and across the Midwest.

Tom's book, Five Months on the Missouri River , expands on the story told in the newspapers, with more text and hundreds of photos chronicling the adventure.

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