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Penz, Eric : CRYPTID: THE LOST LEGACY OF LEWIS & CLARK

iUniverse Star, 2006

ISBN 9780595677306

The line between history and legend can be deceptively thin too thin, perhaps, to maintain the claim that one is exclusively fact and o ne fiction. Such may be the case with the history of Lewis and Clark for th e fact is that two hundred years after they were handpicked by Thomas Jeffe rson to lead an extraordinary expedition to the Pacific coast, legends stil l persist regarding unexplained gaps in the explorers' field journals. Call it legend, call it history, Cryptid tells the riveting story of conspi racy theorists who have new evidence of a centuries-old cover-up. When a cr yptozoologist, a paleontologist, and a Jefferson descendant begin connectin g the dots, they threaten to do more than unveil the well-guarded scientifi c discovery that lies at the heart of the ancient secret; they threaten to rewrite American history. That is, if they can survive a conspiracy that da tes back to the Founding Fathers the very same one that haunted Lewis to hi s grave. It may be that one of our nation's first secrets is still being ke pt. Cryptid illustrates how the act of seeking the truth can be the very elemen t that destroys it. Two centuries in the making, Cryptid is the final chapt er of the Lewis and Clark story. And, as with any good tale, the best secre ts have been kept until the end. Scientists race to discover the truth behind Gigantopithecus, aka Bigfoot, before a mysterious group eliminates all traces of its existence. Paleontologist Samantha Russell has spent most of her life searching for remains of a giant ape about which very little is known, due in large part to a paucity of fossils. After another disappointing dig, she r, Very Good/Very Good

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