Included in this lot is this Great Northern Railway Pamphlet, "The Lewis and Clark Expedition" by Grace Flandrau, 1927, First Edition. Compliments of the Great Northern Railway, this was reading material provided to passengers on the Great Northern Railway. First edition. Softcover. Consisting of a portrait of Meriwether Lewis and facsimile reproductions of two letters to his mother, one from Washington in 1803 and the other, which is publsihed here for the first time, dated March 31st, 1805 from Missouri. Illustrated with photographs and reproductions including the David Thompson map. Folded pullout colour tinted map shows the expedition route along with the Great Northern route. Interesting monograph on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, issued as a travel reading companion by the Great Northern Railway. Grace Flandrau (1889-1971) was an American author of novels, short stories and journalistic articles. She achieved a certain degree of critical acclaim for several of her novels, short stories and some of her journalism works during the 1920s, and her literary heyday during the 1930s. The efforts slowed into the latter 1940s, with her faded from public literary view by the 1950s and 1960s in the later part of her life. Flaudrau's reputation re-emerged as a prominent writer after a biography done of her life in 2007 was published. She turned out several pamphlets on early Minnesota history when working on projects for the Great Northern Railway, a then large powerful very profitable corporation then based in St. Paul, Minnesota. This 29 page pamplet is in good overall condition, the tan coloured softcover has slight tears along the edges, slight staining and age tanning. Intact pages exhibit age tanning throughout, The folded pullout map attached to the rear inside cover is in good condition, no other obvious marring noted. Measures 6"W x 9"L