Running mad for Kentucky : frontier travel accounts / / edited by Ellen Eslinger

• Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , 2011; ©2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (303 p.)
• Disciplina: 976.9/02
• Soggetto topico: Frontier and pioneer life - Kentucky; Pioneers - Kentucky
• Soggetto geografico: Kentucky History To 1792; Kentucky Description and travel
• Persona (resp. second.): EslingerEllen <1956->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One. The Revolutionary Era; Chapter 1. William Calk, 1775; Chapter 2. Nicholas Cresswell, 1775; Chapter 3. James Nourse, 1775; Chapter 4. James Smith, 1783; Chapter 5. Peter Muhlenberg, 1784; Part Two. Postwar Expansion; Chapter 6. Samuel Shepard, 1787; Chapter 7. Mary Coburn Dewees, 1788; Chapter 8. John May, 1788; Chapter 9. Joel Watkins, 1789; Part Three. A New Era of Peace; Chapter 10. Moses Austin, 1796; Chapter 11. Francis Baily, 1796; Chapter 12. David Meade, 1796 ; Chapter 13. Andrew Ellicott, 1796Notes; Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: The crossing of America's first great divide -- the Appalachian Mountains -- has been a source of much fascination but has received little attention from modern historians. In the eighteenth century, the Wilderness Road and Ohio River routes into Kentucky presented daunting natural barriers and the threat of Indian attack. Running Mad for Kentucky brings this adventure to life. Primarily a collection of travel diaries, these day-to-day accounts illustrate the dangers thousands of Americans, adult and child, black and white, endured to establish roots in the wilderness. Ellen Eslinger's vivid a
• Titolo autorizzato: Running mad for Kentucky
• ISBN: 0-8131-2688-6; 0-8131-4780-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811575803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II