The Last Journey of Meriwether Lewis

In October 1809, Meriwether Lewis, celebrated co-leader of the Corps of Discovery and one of the most accomplished men in American history, died of gunshot wounds at a remote Tennessee inn called Grinder's Stand. Was it suicide brought on by financial ruin, illness, and despair, or something far more deliberate? With a nearly moonless night, a witness who may have seen the impossible, a possible forged letter, and a suspected Spanish spy with motive, the mystery of Lewis's final hours has outlasted every attempt to close it.