in fact if you know anything about meriwether lewis, committed suicide in 1809, he died in death in a political scandal. lewis and clark are not at all popular in american culture at the time. pike is a major hero. those fortunes will kind of reverse over the course of the 19 food and 20th century the pike in death gets the glory and fame that have always elude him in life. it is too late for him to enjoy it but in the end physical sacrifice for his country does end up getting him the rewards that he thought it would. thanks for that question. any other questions? how old was pike when he died? he was 34 years old. accomplished more in his life. and he was a very young man, 27 when he departed on his expedition, 28 when he returned. the question is did he ever marry, ever have family? he did. in 1801 he married a woman named clarence brown who by all accounts of her, his and other people's was a very impressive woman, well-educated, spoke several languagess, collected books in french, german, english and spanish. plus sort of man pike said would share my ambitions, was much wealthier

in fact if you know anything about meriwether lewis he died in debt. lewis and clark are not at all popular in american culture at the time. pike is a major hero. those are going to reverse of -- over the 19th and especially the 20 century. pike gets the glory and fame that had always eluded him in life so it's too late for him to enjoy it but in the end physical sacrifice for his country does end up getting him the rewards. thanks for that question. any other questions? see how old was he when he died? >> how old was pike when he died? who was 34 years old and so i have course as i was writing this had to confront the fact that i was writing about someone who had accomplished more in his life even though i had lived longer than he had. he was a very young man. he was 27 when he departed on his expedition and 28 when he returned. the question is did he ever marry? did he have family? he did. in 1801 he married a woman named clara brown who by all accounts of hers, his and other people's was a very impressive woman, well-educated. she spoke several lang

very brief time from his death until the early 1820s and in fact if you know anything about meriwether lewis, he committed suicide in 1809, he died in a political scandal. lewilouis and clark are not at l popular in american culture at the time. of the time. pike is a major hero. those forces are going to reverse over the course of the 19th and the 20th century. but in death he gets the glory and the same that had always eluded him in life so it's too late to enjoy the physical sacrifice for his country does end u up giving him the very wos that he thought it was. thanks for that question. >> any other questions? >> how old was pike when he died? he was 34-years-old. of course as i was writing this, i had to confront the fact i was writing about someone that had accomplished more in his life than i had even though i had lived longer than he had. the question was did he marry or have family? he did. in 1801, he married a woman named clara brown who by all accounts of his and her and other people was a very impressive woman well educated, she spoke several languages and spoke french, german an

in fact if you know anything about meriwether lewis he died in debt. lewis and clark are not at all popular in american culture at the time. pike is a major hero. those are going to reverse of -- over the 19th and especially the 20 century. pike gets the glory and fame that had always eluded him in life so it's too late for him to enjoy it but in the end physical sacrifice for his country does end up getting him the rewards. thanks for that question. any other questions? see how old was he when he died? >> how old was pike when he died? who was 34 years old and so i have course as i was writing this had to confront the fact that i was writing about someone who had accomplished more in his life even though i had lived longer than he had. he was a very young man. he was 27 when he departed on his expedition and 28 when he returned. the question is did he ever marry? did he have family? he did. in 1801 he married a woman named clara brown who by all accounts of hers, his and other people's was a very impressive woman, well-educated. she spoke several lang