Description

Written by scholar and master storyteller Alan Eckert, this narrative history spans nearly eighty years and peopled with fascinating characters both familiar (such as Daniel Boone) and less famous (young Betty Zane). This book shows us the heroism and savagery on the parts of both whites and native people, the political pressures on the Colonies’ British governors to hold back expansion, and the enterprising and indomitable spirit of America’s earliest pioneers. A MUST READ for persons with roots in what is now West Virginia and Ohio in frontier times. The footnotes are as important as the text of the book! Paperback. Indexed. 810 pages.