| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 38.4

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| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 38.4 | The History Cooperative

*By His Own Hand?: The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis*. Edited by John D. W. Guice. Contributions by James F. Holmberg, John D. W. Guice, and Jay H. Buckley. Introduction by Clay S. Jenkinson, foreword by Elliott West. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006. xxi + 178 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $24.95.)
In the interests of disclosure, I'm referred to as a "witness" for the "prosecution" on the matter of "the claim that Lewis committed suicide" (p. 116). For a book reviewer, if this seems to be an unusual disclaimer, it reflects the novel approach to Lewis's demise taken by Guice et al. The book is constructed as a trial, or inquest, citing contemporaneous "witnesses" and latter-day historians, some on either side of the "case."	1
Following a customarily insightful introduction by Jenkinson we find the opposing "briefs." "The Case for Suicide" is made by Holmberg. Guice makes the claim for the "defense" that Lewis may have been murdered. Buckley concludes the affair with a summative "Postmortem."	. . .

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