Great Plains Quarterly Spring 2003 Vol. 23 No.2 CONTENTS EDITOR\u27S INTRODUCTION Charles A. Braithwaite EXCERPTS FROM THE LEWIS AND CLARK JOURNALS; AN EPIC OF DISCOVERY, THE ABRIDGMENT OF THE Definitive NEBRASKA EDITION; THE JOURNEY ACROSS THE PLAINS Gary E. Moulton A PRAIRIE CHILDHOOD BY EDITH ABBOTT: AN EXCERPT FROM THE CHILDREN\u27S CHAMPION, A BIOGRAPHY OF GRACE ABBOTT John Sorensen COME TO THE CHAMPAGNE AIR : CHANGING PROMOTIONAL IMAGES OF THE KANSAS CLIMATE, 1854-1900 Karen De Bres BOOK REVIEWS Theodore Binnema Common and Contested Ground: A Human and Environmental History of the Northwestern Plains By JAMES E. SHEROW Gerald Betty Comanche Society: Before the Reservation By DANIEL J. GELO David La Vere Contrary Neighbors: Southe...