Atkin, Edmond,
THE APPALACHIAN INDIAN FRONTIER: Edmond Atkin Report and Plan of 1755.
NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1967).
Illustrations, map, 107 pp.
~~~ "In 1754 the British Board of Trade, belatedly awakening to the need of
winning the allegiance of the southern Indians on the eve of the Seven Years'
War, sought out Edmond Atkin for advice. Atkin, then in England, was a
prosperous Charleston merchant who had familiarized himself with the Indian
problem as a member of the South Carolina Council. He responded by submitting to
the board a lengthy Report and a still more elaborate Plan. This volume
reproduces both the Report and the Plan, which have been copied from the
originals in the Henry E. Huntington Library and edited by Dr. Wilbur R. Jacbos.
The editor has provided not only explanatory footnotes, but also, in a compact
Introduction, the best biographical sketch of Atkin now in print. The book will
interest historians of the southern frontier as well as anthropologists, who
will find in Atkin's report an excellent description of the southern tribesmen
of the period."—United States Quarterly Book Review.
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(Blue Jacket), Ronald Himler & Michael P. Spradlin,
THE LEGEND OF BLUE JACKET.
NEW copy, hardcover. (Harper Collins).
~~~ He was only sixteen when the Shawnee Indians took him from his home. But he
wasn't captured. He went willingly. And, after many years of proving his bravery
in battle against the colonists, he was named war chief of the Shawnee. His name
was Blue Jacket. Ages 5-9
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(Blue Jacket), John Sugden,
BLUE JACKET: Warrior of the Shawnees.
NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK.
(Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press: Bison Books, 2000).
Bibliography, extensive notes, index, 350 pp.
~~~ “Through impressive research in Canada, England, and the United States, John Sugden’s definitive study of Blue Jacket challenges long-held assumptions about the famous Shawnee war chief and his place in the history of the Old Northwest. . . . Sugden uses comprehensive research to tell a new and complicated story about a familiar period in American history.”—Journal of American History.
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“A well-paced and compelling narrative written with lucidity, economy, and grace. . . . Sugden presents a clear, sensitive portrayal of Blue Jacket, his followers, and his allies in an era of extraordinary turmoil. He establishes Blue Jacket as a war leader of first importance and as a precursor to his more famous successor [Tecumseh]. . . . It is unfailingly judicious, it flows beautifully, and it keeps a reader turning its pages.”—William and Mary Quarterly.
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"John Sugden…has brilliantly managed to restore Blue Jacket's deserving place in history. He has skillfully reconstructed the personality of his complex subject from diverse sources and placed his life within the broader context of frontier history in a very engaging and well-written monograph."--Michael Lawson, Journal of the West.
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“Dr. Sugden’s excellent study makes abundantly clear Blue Jacket’s reality as an outstanding representative of the native American people and of the Shawnee Nation in particular.”--George Larrabee, Muzzleloader
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“John Sugden provides his readers with the engaging story of the lengthy, bloody conflict over the land that is now Ohio. His focus, of course, is on one of the principal actors, Blue Jacket -- Military chief, diplomat, and businessman. The tale is gripping, and Sugden’s telling of it is both fascinating and insightful. … John Sugden has produced a study that contributes immensely to the scholarship and to our understanding of the people and events on the frontier between natives and whites in the Early Republic period.”--Dr. Richard V. Barbuto, Journal of America’s Military Past
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Blue Jacket (ca. 1743–ca. 1808), or Waweyapiersenwaw, was the galvanizing force behind an intertribal confederacy of unparalleled scope that fought a long and bloody war against white encroachments into the Shawnees’ homeland in the Ohio River Valley. Blue Jacket was an astute strategist and diplomat who, though courted by American and British leaders, remained a staunch defender of the Shawnees’ independence and territory. In this arresting and controversial account, John Sugden depicts the most influential Native American leader of his time.
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(Boone), John Bakeless,
DANIEL BOONE: Master of the Wilderness.
VG/VG. Jacket, in mylar, slightly chipped at head of spine. Original price of "3.50" still intact on jacket flap.
Second printing before publication. Stated 'First Edition' on rear of title page, and "SECOND PRINTING"
on bottom of dust jacket. Book, in beige buckram with dark red
lettering & decorations, in very nice, unfaded condition. Pictorial map on endpages. Frontispiece portrait,
illustrations, bibliography, notes, index, xii, 480 pp.
~~~ Laid-in is a letter on William Morrow & Company letterhead, dated 27 Dec 1939 to a Mr Porter Welch, The Burrows Brothers Co., which reads in part: "...Immediately on receiving your letter of December 20, I searched high and low for two first editions of DANIEL BOONE and I am glad to say, by stooping to theft, I was able to get them for you and to send them along. One of the copies I stole from my own book case and the other I grabbed from Mr. Hobson when his back was turned!" The letter is signed "Polly Street", Director of Sales & Advertising at Wm Morrow & Co.
~~~ "Drawing upon much hitherto unpublished material, John Bakeless here provides the first authentic, detailed account of Boone's escape from his captivity as adopted son of Blackfish, the Shawnee chief; the first accurate story of Boone's departure in search of 'elbow-room', forced out ofthe lands he had charted for others; and the first systematic correlation of British documents with the dramatic events in Kentucky during those years when the frontier hung in the balance between the mother country and the new nation of the Thirteen Fires."
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(Boone), Bakeless, John,
DANIEL BOONE: Master of the Wilderness.
NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK.
(Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press: Bison Books, 1989),
Reprint of the original 1939 edition.
Introduction to this edition by Michael A. Lofaro
Illustrations, bibliography, notes, index, 480 pp.
~~~ "An authoritative biography of one of the most romantic figures of our history, and a contribution to the story of the settlement of the first trans-Appalachian West."—Henry Steele Commager, New York Herald Tribune
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"An engrossing and illuminating book. . . . It is unlikely that future writers will find much to add to the record here given."—Allan Nevins, Saturday Review of Literature
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"Too much credit can hardly be given the author for the careful, painstaking, and scholarly way in which lie has sought out, checked, and rechecked all the material available . . . dealing with the life and times of the old frontiersman."—Atlantic
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"A grand and readable tale, the most complete and reliable so far of the beau ideal of the older America, the model of buckskin knight-errantry.”—Christian Science Monitor
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In his introduction to this edition of Daniel Boone: Master of the Wilderness, Michael A. Lofaro, a professor of English at the University of Tennessee and the author of The Life and Adventures of Daniel Boone, assesses John Bakeless's achievement: "After fifty years his is still the standard by which all other biographies of the frontiersman are judged."
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(Boone), John Mason Brown,
DANIEL BOONE: The Opening of the Wilderness.
VG/VG--. Edgewear & numerous small tears to jacket.
(NY: Random House, 1952). Landmark Book #21. Uncommon in jacket.
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(Boone), James Daugherty,
DANIEL BOONE.
VG/VG--. 2" tear to rear panel of jacket.
(NY: Viking, 1939). Original lithographs in color by author.
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(Boone), Allan Eckert,
THE COURT-MARTIAL OF DANIEL BOONE.
NEW copy, hardcover in dust jacket.
(Charleston: West Virginia Book Company), 309 pp.
~~~ Based on a true, but little-known, episode in Daniel Boone?s life. Eckert recreates the legendary frontiersman?s severest test, the trial for his life at Boonesborough in 1778. A captain during the Revolutionary War, Boone faces a court-martial and hanging for such high crimes as betraying his command to the Indians, conspiring to surrender Boonesborough, consorting with the enemy, and accepting favors from the British.
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(Boone), John Mack Faragher,
DANIEL BOONE: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer.
NEW copy. Trade PAPERBACK. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Maps, photographs, illustrations, Sources of Quoted Materials, Index, 429 pages.
~~~ In the first and most reliable biography of Daniel Boone in more than fifty years, award-winning historian John Mack Faragher portrays America's famous frontier hero. Drawing from popular narrative, the public record, scraps of documentation from Boone's own hand, and a treasure of reminiscence gathered by nineteenth-century antiquarians, Faragher uses the methods of new social history to create a portrait of the man and the times he helped shape. Blending themes from a much vitalized Western and frontier history with the words and ideas of ordinary people, Faragher has produced a book that will stand as the definitive life of Daniel Boone for the next century.
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(Boone), Hartley, Cecil B.,
LIFE OF DANIEL BOONE, THE GREAT WESTERN HUNTER AND PIONEER, Comprising an Account of His Early History;
His Daring and Remarkable Career as the First Settler of Kentucky;
His thrilling Adventures with the Indians, and His Wonderful Skill, Coolnes and Sagacity under All the
Hazardous and Trying Circumstances of Western Border Life; To Which is Added: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
COMPLETE AS DICTATED BY HIMSELF, AND SHOWING HIS OWN BELIEF THAT HE WAS AN INSTRUMENT ORDAINED TO
SETTLE THE WILDERNESS.
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VG-- Interior hinges cracked; book otherwise clean and sound. Maroon boards in very nice condition
with virtually no wear; slightly darkened gilt lettering on spine.
~~~ (NY: American Publishers Corporation, no date: circa 1900).
REPRINT edition. [Originally published in 1859 by Lovell, Coryell & Co, New York]. Illustrated. 351 pages.
Boone's autobiography, appended at the end, originally published in 1784.
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(Boone), Houston, Peter (edited by Ted Franklin Belue),
A SKETCH OF THE LIFE & CHARACTER OF DANIEL BOONE
NEW copy. Pictorial blue jacket over blue cloth &
tawny paper boards. (Stackpole Books, 1997). Illustrations, maps, photographs, appendices, notes,
bibliography, index, 81 pp. "Long ago Peter Houston's A SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND
CHARACTER OF DANIEL BOONE should have been properly annotated & published. Ted
Franklin Belue has done historians a genuinely useful service in transcribing
into a readily available & readable form this insightful contemporary view of
Daniel Boone & the times. This is an addition to the Daniel Boone--Frontier
America story, casting a new first-hand & contemporary light on the subject."
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(Boone), Maurice Manning,
A COMPANION FOR OWLS: Being the Commonplace Book of D. Boone, Long Hunter, Back Woodsman &c.
NEW copy. (Harcourt). POETRY. Hardcover with dust jacket. 128 pages.
~~~ Written in the voice of frontiersman Daniel Boone, A Companion
for Owls captures all the beauty and struggle of nascent America.
We follow the progression of Daniel Boone's life, a life led in war
and in the wilderness, and see the birthing of a new nation. We meet
the Cherokee, the Shawnee, and the Delaware peoples. We track the
bountiful animals and the great, undisturbed rivers. We stand aside
Boone as he buries his brother, then his wife, and finds comfort in
his friendship with a slave named Derry.
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(Boone), John James Van Noppen and Ina Woestemeyer Van Noppen,
DANIEL BOONE, BACKWOODSMAN: The Green Woods Were His Portion.
VG/VG. Jacket in mylar. (Boone, NC: The Appalachian Press, 1966).
Illustrations, maps, bibliography, index, 209 pages.
~~~ From the Authors' Note: "The Green Woods Were His Portion
deals chiefly with those members of the Boone Family who constantly moved on to form new counties and new states as long as America had land to be settled, but at the same time it depicts that integral part of American history, the ever-moving frontier.
~~~ For several years we, the authors, have sought in the British Isles the backgrounds of migrants to America during the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and their motives for coming. We have asked such questions as these: to what extent were these migrants' characters influenced by their Old World backgrounds? did they achieve their aims in America? These studies were brought into focus by tracing one family with strong family ties -- the Boones, grandparents, parents, son Daniel, and his progeny.
In sociological terms this might be considered a case study of the Boones over a period of 170 years."
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(Boone), Gary J. Sweeney,
THE COLUMBUS OF THE WOODS:
Daniel Boone and the Typology of Manifest Destiny.
An Exhibition Commemorating the Columbian Quincentenary.
Washington University Gallery of Art, 1992., Fine, as new. Wraps.
Profusely illustrated, drawings, etchings, paintings, color plates, endnotes, bibliography,
checklist of the exhibition, 83 pp.
~~~ This work is an excellent companion piece to an exhibition mounted at Washington
University in St. Louis to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Columbus'
landing. In using Columbus as a starting point, the exhibition emphasized that
the myth-making surrounding Boone was first seen in the mythologization of
Columbus. The emphasis is on the constructions which generations of Americans created
of Boone, with a particular look at the visual arts.
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(Boone), Steward Edward White,
DANIEL BOONE: Wilderness Scout. The Life Story and True Adventures of the Great Hunter Long Knife Who First Blazed the Wilderness Trail Through the Indian's Country to Kentucky.
VG/VG. Minor tears to head & heel of jacket spine, which is in a mylar protector.
(NY: Garden City Publishing Company, 1922). Illustrated by James Daugherty. 308 pages.
~~~ Written by author for the Boy Scouts of America: "If the Boy Scouts would know a man who in his attitude toward the life to which he was called most nearly embodied the precepts of their laws let them look on Daniel Boone. Gentle, kindly, modest, peace-loving, absolutely fearless, a master of Indian warfare, a mighty hunter, strong as a bear and active as a panther, his life was lived in daily danger, almost perpetual hardship and exposure; yet he died in his bed at nearly ninety years of age."
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Wahil, Andrew J.,
BRADDOCK ROAD CHRONICLES, 1755: From the Diaries and Records of
Members of the Braddock Expedition and Others Arranged in a Day
by Day Chronology
. NEW copy. TRADE PAPERBACK. Heritage Books,
1999. Illustrations, maps, 489 pages.
~~~ In 1755 Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock was put in charge of
constructing a road from the Potomac River at Wills Creek
(Cumberland, MD), to Fort Duquesne (present-day Pittsburgh) at the
forks of the Ohio River. His object was to take the fort and
thereby launch the conquest of French-held North America. Although
Braddock was killed not far from his goal in the grisly clash known
today as Braddock's Defeat, the route that he opened ultimately
became a highway for western emigration, and part of it was
incorporated in the National Road. The making of the Braddock Road
was an engineering marvel that tested the abilities and endurance
of its builders. The remarkable detail contained in this
compilation is too vast to mention here but includes descriptions
of forts, personnel, food, Indians, clothing, lodging and more.
Carpenters, artificers, shoemakers, tailors, wagonmasters,
farriers, nurses, cooks: nothing less than a traveling city was
required in the construction of the Braddock Road. Personal
journals and official military reports and correspondence are gold
mines for anyone who studies the people, events and daily life of
the past. The material collected here is extracted from the records
of British army regulars (including Braddock, St. Clair, Gage and
others), colonial militia (Cresap, Croghan, Gist, Washington, etc.),
camp followers, American colonists (Burd, Hamilton, Franklin,
Dinwiddie, Delancy, etc.), French-Canadians (Contrecoeur, Dumas,
Lotbinier, etc.) and newspapers. The ultimate battle is described
firsthand. Short biographical sketches, a chronology and a list of
sources round out this comprehensive study. These fascinating
accounts are enhanced with informative annotations.
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Garbarino, William M.,
ALONG THE MONONGAHELA: A History of the Early Events along the Monongahela and Its Tributaries during the 18th Century.
NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK. (Midway Publishing, 2000). Index. 104 pp.
~~~ Reflects upon the early inhabitants, Ohio Company, the F & I War, Pontiac's War, Dunmore's War, the Revolutionary War, the Indian Wars, the frontier forts, the Whiskey Rebellion and migration along the Monongahela River and its tributaries.
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Brant, Fuller & Company,
HISTORY OF THE GREAT KANAWHA VALLEY [West Virginia] With Family History And Biographical Sketches. A Statement Of Its Natural Resources, Industrial Growth And Commercial Advantages.
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NEW copy. TRADE PAPERBACK. (Westminster, MD: Heritage
Books, 2003). Reprint of original 1891 edition.
Illustrations, index; 2 volumes in 1; 672 pages.
~~~ Brant, Fuller & Co. The picturesque Kanawha valley spans Fayette, Kanawha, Putnam, and Mason counties in West Virginia with Charleston resting in its mid-section. The valley's Kanawha river runs 98 miles to its junction with the Ohio river at Point Pleasant. Volume I opens with the early history of the valley, from pre-historic mound builders, to the Cherokees, to the early settlers including the Ingles-Draper settlement. Notable historic spots and events, plantation life, Daniel Boone, Lord Dunmore, the murder of Cornstalk, a chronological record of border events, and much more are covered in this volume. The bulk of Volume II is devoted to hundreds of brief biographical sketches, arranged alphabetically by county. This volume also covers the medical history of the valley from 1790-1890, Point Pleasant, Fayette County, Kanawha County, Putnam County, Mason County, and banking institutions.
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Brinton, Daniel G.,
THE LENAPE (Delawares) AND THEIR LEGENDS: With the Complete Text and Symbols of The
Walum Olum.
Dark brown hardcover with gold embossing.
(Lewisburg, PA: Wennawoods Publishing, 1999).
Reprint of the original 1884/1908 edition. This edition
limited to 1000 copies. Index, 416 pages.
~~~ One can not begin to understand the Indian history of the Eastern Frontier
during the 17th and 18th century without first knowing the history of the
dominant tribe of Pennsylvania during this time period, the Lenape or Delaware
Indians. The story of this tribe is so indelibly intertwined with the major
events of the day that to understand the complexities of Indian-Indian and
Indian-White relationships is to know the Lenape. From William Penn and The
Walking Purchase to 18th century Indian wars that set the Pennsylvania frontier
ablaze, the Lenape dominated their days in Penn’s Woods. And so significant is
the lasting memory of these people on Pennsylvania that many of our mountains,
valleys and streams still carry their Indian given names and will until the end
of time. It was this love for the land of their fathers that caused the Lenape
to fight to the death for their home and hunting grounds. It is about a people
and their will to stay free. This is their story. Brinton was one of the 19th
century’s foremost students of American Indian history and his work on the
Lenape and their ancient tribal migration story, The Walum Olum, is considered a
classical piece of study. This very scarce and hard to find book was published
in 1885, and because of its historical significance, is now republished for the
serious students of Eastern Frontier Indian history. It begins by discussing the
history of the other Algonkin and Iroquois tribes of the East, then gets into
the meat of the book with major chapters on Lenape history, their literature and
language, myths and traditions, and the Walum Olum, the ancient migration story
of the Delaware; Brinton’s most valuable contribution to our understanding of
Lenape history. The Walum Olum portion of the book consists of over 70 pages of
the pictographic story in bright red on one side of the page with the detailed
translation on the right. He finishes with a 20 page vocabulary of Delaware to
English word translations and copious notes.
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Caruso, John A.,
THE APPALACHIAN FRONTIER: America's First Surge Westward.
VG/VG. Jacket in mylar. (Indianapolis: Bobbs, Merrill, 1959).
First Edition. Gilt titles; illustrated endpages, 408 pp.
~~~ Looking at the rich and mountainous land between the
Ohio and Tennessee Rivers, The Appalachian Frontier follows the story
of the Longhunters in Kentucky; the struggles of the Regulators in North
Carolina; the founding of the Watauga, Transylvania, Franklin, and
Cumberland settlements; the siege of Boonesboro; and the patterns and
challenges of frontier life. While narrating the gripping stories of such
figures as Daniel Boone, George Rogers Clark, and Chief Logan, Caruso
combines social, political, and economic history into a comprehensive
overview of the early mountain South.
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(Cornstalk) Hale, John P (ed by Harold J. Dudley),
TRANS-ALLEGHENY PIONEERS: Historical Sketches of the First White Settlements West of the Alleghenies, 1748 & After.
NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK. (Radford, VA: Robert Ingles Steele, 1971).
Third Edition. Reprint of the original 1886 edition. Maps, illustrations,
Chronology, Bibliography, Index. 422 pages.
~~~ Contains a chapter on Cornstalk.
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Skidmore, Warren, with Donna Kaminsky,
LORD DUNMORE'S LITTLE WAR OF 1774: His Captains and Their Men Who Opened Up Kentucky & the
West to American Settlement.
. NEW copy, hardcover.
(Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2002). Illustrations, maps,
appendices, index, 296 pages.
~~~ Unique to this volume are the previously unpublished set of ledgers that include 3 broad categories of information: the names of the rangers called out to protect the Virginia frontier in 1773 and 1774 and the pay owed them, the militiamen that served soon after in Dunmore’s War proper, and the sums due the farmers and merchants that put in claims for goods and services that supported this effort. These long lists, taken together, contain about 38,000 entries and caught the many of the men (and their occasional widows) living in western Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania in 1775. We have now a substitute for a kind of census of this time and place. The introduction corrects some popular myths about the war and the Battle of Point Pleasant, and taken together with Reuben Gold Thwaites and Louise Phelps Kellogg’s Documentary History of Dunmore’s War 1774, may be taken as the definitive history of the last colonial war in America. Useful biographies have been footnoted for all of the captains, including those who went (like many of their men) soon after to Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and the west. A portrait of Lord Dunmore in his tartans, an old woodcut depicting the Battle of Point Pleasant, and 2 new maps enhance the text.
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Thwaites, Reuben and Phelps Kellogg (eds),
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF DUNMORE'S WAR, 1774
. NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK.
(Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2002). Reprint of original
1905 edition. Index, 472 pages.
~~~ A history of that war presented via contemporary letters, journals, reports, etc. as written by the participants with an introductory essay by the editors, innumerable explanatory footnotes which identify people and places, muster rolls and returns of troops, a list of other participants, and biographies of officers.
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Enoch, Harry G.,
AFFAIR AT CAPTINA CREEK
. NEW copy. TRADE PAPERBACK. Heritage Books,
1999. Photographs, maps, 201 pages.
~~~ With the end of the Revolutionary War, the
United States not only gained independence from the
British Empire but also secured control of a
sizable territory west of the Allegheny
Mountains. Native Americans of the Ohio
River Valley refused to accept claims if
the fledgling nation and militantly
resisted white settlements in their
homelands. Constant border strife turned
into open war in the spring of 1791. The
Shawnee, emboldened by their defeat of
General Josiah Harmar the previous autumn,
crossed the Ohio River and struck the
settlement of Ohio County (West) Virginia
and Washington County Pennsylvanis. Affair
at Captina Creek describes in
stirring detail a little-known incident of
the turbulent time on the American Frontier.
Following the massacre of several
young girls in Washington County, a
company of frontier ranges was dispatched
from Ryerson’s station to nearby Baker’s
Fort with the intention of retalliation.
Baker’s Fort stood on the Ohio River in
what is now Marshall County, West Virginia.
Enoch has researched and reconstructed
the events using original documents.
Personal testimonies of those who survived
the Battle of Captina Creek along with
accounts of other settlers personal
accounts, along with newspaper articles,
maps, and photographs have documented this
work.
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Eshleman, Frank,
ANNALS OF THE SUSQUEHANNOCKS: and Other Indian Tribes
of Pennsylvania, 1500-1763.
NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK.
(Lewisburg, PA: Wennawoods Publishing, 2000). Reprint of original 1908 edition. Index, 416 pages.
~~~ When Europeans first arrived in North
America, the Susquehannocks were a very powerful tribe
—- often at war with their
neighbors and inveterate enemies of the Iroquois. They
were finally weakened and
defeated by the Five Nations in 1675 and from that
point on became a remnant tribe known as the Conestogas,
and were often at the mercy of the burgeoning
English colonies. Though surviving until the 1760s, the
last surviving Conestogas were murdered by rogue
settlers in 1763. ~~~ Drawn
from a variety of sources including the Maryland Archives, the Pennsylvania
Archives, the Jesuit Relations, and many others, this book includes a thorough
year-by-year chronology of Indian activity in Pennsylvania prior to the
Revolutionary War. Other tribes and nations discussed in the book include the
Nanticokes, Conoy, Delawares, Shawnee, Iroquois, and others.
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Garbarino, William M.,
SETTLEMENT AND CONFLICT ALONG THE SUSQUEHANNA: A History of the Settlement and Conflict on the Susquehanna River and Its Tributaries during the 18th Century
NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK. (Midway Publishing, 2005). Index. 123 pp.
~~~ This book covers the early events along the Susquehanna River and its tributaries, including early inhabitants, the legacy of William Penn, colonial settlements, Indian conflicts, as well as the Revolutionary and Pennamite Wars.
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(Girty), Thomas Boyd,
SIMON GIRTY: The White Savage.
VG. Very light spotting to covers which are otherwise unfaded. Covers are crisp without chips tears or bumps. Interior clean throughout. In uncommonly nice condition overall, but lacks dust jacket. (NY: Minton, Balch & Company, 1928). First Edition. 252 pages.
~~~ "Of all the men remembered from those years (last quarter of the eighteenth century) Simon Girty . . . was perhaps the most widely and deeply hated. Pioneer mothers in lonely cabins used to scare their children into obedience by threatening them with the appearance of the dreaded Girty. And afterward it was said of him that 'no other country or age ever produced . . . so brutal, depraved, and wicked a wretch.' Another called him 'a monster. No famished tiger ever sought the blood of a victim with more unrelenting rapacity than Girty sought the blood of a white man. He could laugh in fiendish mockery, at the agonies of a captive, burning and writhing at the stake. He could witness unmoved the sacrifice of unoffending women and children. No scene of torture or of bloodshed was sufficiently horrible to excite compassion in his bosom.' And in The Romance of Western History it is told that he was 'a wretched miscreant' who 'had fled from the abode of civilized men; he became a savage in manners and in principle, and spent his whole life in the perpetration of a demoniac vengeance against his countrymen.' ~~~ Girty's life, particularly between 1774 and 1794, was so closely connected with the Ohio Indians during the years in which their country was being invaded by American settlers that his story follows their successes and defeats like an historical narrative of them. He had been born on the border and had grown up amid its wildness. From childhood he had known Senecas, Delawares and Wyondots. Their manner of living in some ways suited him better than that of the frontiersmen. And when a combination of circumstances -- in the third year of America's War of Independence, -- made him leave Fort Pitt and go to the British at Detroit he was unwittingly on his way to become a leader among the Indians. ~~~ His is the story of a backwoods roughneck who left his own people because of a slender grievance and for twenty years led raiding parties of Indian warriors through the Ohio wilderness to the white man's border, a dark, brawny man who fought as fiercely as a Shawanese chieftain. Over the Ohio into Pennsylvania, Virginia and Kentucky he rode at the head of marauding braves and left settlements smoking when he turned back. That the early pioneers had cause to hate him there is no doubt. Nor is there any doubt that they hysterically exaggerated his numerous cruelties. But that was to be expected. For at least twice in his career he stood in the light cast by his own former countrymen burning at the stake; and once he commanded a horde of Wyandot warriors who galloped into an American army which they were foremost in butchering. No name seemed black enough to discolor him. ~~~ Yet a number of times, and nearly always at the risk of offending the Indian chiefs and warriors, he pleaded or demanded that the lives of doomed white prisoners be spared. In the case of Simon Kenton, of whose captivity and death sentence there is a full account, Girty worked anxiously to save the Virginia scout -- and he succeeded. That he often did successfully intercede for former countrymen of his who had been taken and condemned by the Indians is proved by records. ~~~ Stubborn, bull-necked, proud of his strength, murderous yet merciful, Girty the traitor can't be white-washed. But some credit should be given to the memory of a man who spent twenty years in the closest contact with the Shawanese, Miamis and Wyandots, rose to a position of trjust among them and was, in fact, the only white person to sit as one of them in their tribal war councils. And while it would be fatal to defend him, it may be interesting to see how far he can be explained." (from Chapter I).
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[Gist] William M. Darlington (ed),
CHRISTOPHER GIST'S JOURNALS WITH HISTORICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL AND ETHNOLOGICAL NOTES AND BIOGRAPHIES.
. NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK.
(Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2006). Reprint of
the original 1893
edition. Index, 296 pages.
~~~ This highly desirable reprint includes not just one, but many such accounts. Between 1750 and 1753 Christopher Gist, the Agent of the Ohio Company of Virginia, explored the greater portion of the region now included within the states of Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia, and parts of western Maryland and southwestern Pennsylvania. These explorations were the earliest made so far west for the single object of examining the country, and they are the first of which a regular journal was kept. Gist is often remembered for saving George Washington from freezing to death in the Allegheny River as they returned from delivering a message to the commandant of the French forts in the Ohio country during the winter of 1753. These remarkable journals contain descriptions of lands, friendly and hostile Indians, Indian customs, French settlements and forts, English settlements, and interesting events that occurred on the trail. Additionally, this book contains biographical sketches of Gist and many interpreters and traders, such as Andrew Montour and the Montour family, George Croghan, Thomas Cresap, the Indian Guyasuta, General James Grant, Conrad Weiser, and others. Historical documents, correspondence, and maps supplement this important work. Of special interest is Robert Orme’s letter to Gov. Dinwiddie, describing the horror of Braddock’s Defeat. Other information relates to the Treaty of Lancaster, the Ohio Company, the Walpole Grant, Wm. Trent & Co., Pownall’s Account of the Lead Plate, and Letters and Speeches to Indians.
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[Gist] Christian Wig,
ANNOSANAH: A Novel Based on the Life of Christopher Gist.
. NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK.
(Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2006). 280 pages.
~~~ Pioneer, fur trader, and frontier diplomat, Christopher Gist, the first Colonial explorer of the Ohio territory, is also Annosanah - speaker of true words. In spite of his Wyandot title, he knows he must deceive the very Indians who have named him. In the guise of an emissary inviting the Ohio tribes to a conference, he searches the Ohio Valley for land best suited for white settlement. On this first journey in 1750 for the Ohio Company, he seeks to replace his lost inheritance through land speculation, thus setting the stage for the eventual displacement of these Indian people. In the next decade France and England fight the last of the French and Indian Wars. A willing participant, Gist sees the destruction of his home, a stormy relationship with an arrogant young George Washington whose life he twice saves, a fiasco at Fort Necessity, and the annihilation of General Braddock's Redcoats. But this life of adversity only prepares him for the most challenging task any frontiersman could face: liaison between two peoples as different as the worlds from which they come.
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Hale, John P (ed by Harold J. Dudley),
TRANS-ALLEGHENY PIONEERS: Historical Sketches of the First White Settlements West of the Alleghenies, 1748 & After.
NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK. (Radford, VA: Robert Ingles Steele, 1971).
Third Edition. Reprint of the original 1886 edition. Maps, illustrations,
Chronology, Bibliography, Index.
~~~ Includes chapters on the Ingles Family, Daniel Boone, the Moore Family,
Rebecca Davidson, the Battle of Point Pleasant, Lord Dunmore, & Cornstalk.
422 pages.
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Hass, Wills De,
HISTORY OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT AND INDIAN WARS OF WEST VIRGINIA: A
An Account of the Various Expeditions in the West, Previous to 1795.
NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK.
(Charleston, WV: The West Virginia Book Company).
Illustrated by numerous engravings,
416 pages.
~~~ One of the best early histories of what is now West Virginia.
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Hawkins, Bill,
PRICKETT'S FORT
NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK.
(Charleston, WV: The West Virginia Book Company),
240 pages.
~~~ Pickett's Fort is a historically accurate story of the struggles of Ethan
LeMaster and Alexander Braxton as they wrestle with danger, intrigue and love.
The powerful account is based on actual events that happened in frontier
Virginia (now West Virginia) near Fairmont, in Marion County.
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Hunter, William A.,
FORTS ON THE PENNSYLVANIA FRONTIER, 1753-1758.
NEW copy.
Navy blue hardcover with gold embossing on front and
spine.
(Lewisburg, PA: Wennawoods Publishing, 1999). Reprint
of 1960 edition. This edition limited to
2,000 copies. 596 pp.
~~~ By 1756, in response to increasing attacks on its wilderness borders, the Provincial
Quaker government of Pennsylvania had built more than a dozen forts,
garrisoned by paid troops. William A. Hunter's Forts on the Pennsylvania Frontier,
1753-1758, describes these and other frontier forts in Pennsyvania during the years of the
French & Indian War. Also covered are French forts and the French claim to Pennsylvania territory,
the three forts erected on Pennsylvania land by the Virginia and Ohio Company and the
British takeover of fort building and frontier protection
in the southern and western parts of the Province in the later half of the 1750s.
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[Kenton] Thomas D. Clark,
SIMON KENTON: Kentucky Scout
NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK.
(Ashland, KY:Jesse Stuart Foundation, 1998), 208 pp, (for young adults).
~~~ No part of American history is more exciting than the 1770's, when Europeans first settled west of the Appalachian mountains in the land now known as Kentucky. Simon Kenton's story is synonymous with the story of that era. His life of excitement, adventure, and danger on the frontier made him one of the leading heroes of that time and, eventually a Kentucky legend.
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[Bedinger] transcribed by Craig L. Heath,
THE GEORGE M. BEDINGER PAPERS IN THE DRAPER MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION.
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NEW copy. TRADE PAPERBACK. (Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2002).
Map, index, 418 pages.
~~~ This book will be of use particularly to persons interested in early Kentucky history and genealogy, and sheds light on events in the Revolutionary War as well. Researchers will welcome the new index, which allows easy navigation through these fascinating historical records. Bedinger’s military career began in 1775 in Virginia where he enlisted in Col. Hugh Stevenson’s company of sharpshooters. He participated in the siege of Boston and the battle of Germantown, and brought supplies to the army at Valley Forge. He took part in Bowman’s Campaign of 1779, an abortive attack on a Shawnee Indian village. Later that year he joined a company setting forth for Kentucky, where they reinforced the Indian-harassed pioneers at Boonesborough. He was present at the siege of Yorktown, and eventually explored the Green River country in Kentucky and made his permanent home at Lower Blue Licks. All of these exciting events and many more are described in these papers, which consist of personal recollections written by Bedinger or taken by Draper from his verbal dictation, affidavits of services, land warrants, and letters from his descendants. Included is a map of the Blue Lick battleground. The distinguished Draper Manuscripts, owned by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, are a prized source of information for students of American history.
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Enoch, Harry G.,
IN SEARCH OF MORGAN'S STATION AND "THE LAST INDIAN RAID IN KENTUCKY".
. NEW copy. TRADE PAPERBACK.
(Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 1997). Illustrations, appendices, bibiiography, map, 232 pages. "The focal point of this meticulously researched book is the 1793 Indian raid on Morgan's Station in which a band of about thirty-five Shawnee and Cherokee Indians descended upon this small fort in a surprise attack that ended with two people killed and 19 women and children captured. Additionally, Mr. Enoch describes the years preceding and immediately following the raid; in all, covering more than a quarter century of early Kentucky history. Although Mr. Enoch's narrative ends in late 1796 with the establishment of Montgomery County, he includes an epilogue, which tells what became of the surviving captives of the Morgan's Station raid. "
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McAdams, Mrs harry Kennett (compiler),
KENTUCKY PIONEER AND COURT RECORDS: Abstracts of Early Wills, Deeds and Marriages from Court Houses and Records of Old Bibles, Churches, Grave Yards, and Cemeteries Copied by American War Mothers — Genealogical Material Collected from Authentic Sources — Records from Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Montgomery, Nicholas and Woodford Counties
. NEW copy. TRADE PAPERBACK.
(Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2002). Reprint of the original 1929 edition. Surname index, 484 pages. “Records, like people, grow old and are lost or destroyed, and it is a vital necessity that they be preserved in a compact form for historical research.” The focus of this book is listed in the title, but Bath County marriages, the Winifree family of Christian County, Fleming County marriages, Scott County marriages and extracts from funeral invitations, and Wayne County marriages are also touched on. Bible records and genealogy not given under Counties include wills from Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia. The quaint spellings found in old records have been faithfully duplicated. A surname index adds to the value of this genealogical treasure trove"
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McCullough, Edward P.,
THE EARLY HISTORY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
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NEW copy. TRADE PAPERBACK. (Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2006).
Maps, photographs, index, 186 pages.
~~~ This book will be of use particularly to persons interested in early Kentucky history and genealogy, and sheds light on events in the Revolutionary War as well. Researchers will welcome the new index, which allows easy navigation through these fascinating historical records. Bedinger’s military career began in 1775 in Virginia where he enlisted in Col. Hugh Stevenson’s company of sharpshooters. He participated in the siege of Boston and the battle of Germantown, and brought supplies to the army at Valley Forge. He took part in Bowman’s Campaign of 1779, an abortive attack on a Shawnee Indian village. Later that year he joined a company setting forth for Kentucky, where they reinforced the Indian-harassed pioneers at Boonesborough. He was present at the siege of Yorktown, and eventually explored the Green River country in Kentucky and made his permanent home at Lower Blue Licks. All of these exciting events and many more are described in these papers, which consist of personal recollections written by Bedinger or taken by Draper from his verbal dictation, affidavits of services, land warrants, and letters from his descendants. Included is a map of the Blue Lick battleground. The distinguished Draper Manuscripts, owned by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, are a prized source of information for students of American history.
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Knez, Andrew, Jr.,
EASTERN FRONTIER ART
NEW copy -- still sealed in cellaphane, oversized PAPERBACK.
(McMurray, PA: Imprints). "A Collection of the Artist's full color images and their accompanying texts; With an Introduction by John Curry."
~~~ Regarding his work, the artist writes: "My work usually depicts the life and struggles of the average person of the 1750 through 1830 period in the area known as the "Eastern Frontier" (Western Pennsylvania, Western Virginia and Ohio). This was a time when survival was placed directly upon the shoulders of the individual. There were a great many heroes, whose deeds for the most part have gone unrecorded, that survived and flourished in that dangerous time.
~~~ My material comes from extensive research, into period journals, diaries, archival civilian and military records. I have a number of experts of the period with whom I consult on particular details of an intended painting. It is not uncommon for the research into a particular portrayal of an event to take much longer than the actual painting.
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(Chief Logan),
CHIEF LOGAN: An Anthology.
NEW copy, hardcover (issued without dustjacket).
(Lewisburg, PA: Wennawoods Publishing).
Three books in one: Logan the Mingo,
by Franklin B. Sawvel (1921);
"Tah-Gah-Jute": Or Logan and Captain Michael Cresap by
Brantz Mayer (1851); and Chief Logan: Friend, Foe or
Fiction, by Ron Wenning (1997).
~~~ Chief Logan was one of the most enigmatic Indians of his time. The son of a
great Iroquoian chief, Jefferson would call him the greatest orator of the 18th
century. And yet this once great, kind and gentle friend of whites and spiritual
leader of his people would see his life spiral downward; committing him to
wander his remaining years on the frontier a tortured and broken man.
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Belue, Ted Franklin,
THE HUNTERS OF KENTUCKY: A Narrative History of America's First Far West, 1750-1792
NEW copy, hardcover with dust jacket.
(Stackpole Books, 2003), maps, illustrations, chronology, 320 pages.
~~~ From Smoke and Fire News: Ted Franklin Belue knows well the colorful history of the Trans-Appalachian region, a fact that is fully evident in his recently published The Hunters of Kentucky, This excellent book will be of interest to a wide spectrum of readers. Those not familiar with the Kentucky backcountry will learn a lot. Those already knowledgeable about the facts will come away with a heightened appreciation for the unique character of the Kentucky frontier. Belue’s approach differs from the usual form of narrative employed by most historians. Rather than include all the players and events in the drama, the author has selected certain personalities and subjects to emphasize, weaving an intriguing tapestry of the Kentucky frontier -— in effect a backwoods mood piece. By employing this technique, Belue exhibits a much more distinctive style of writing than was evident in his equally valuable earlier book, The Long Hunt. Following a prologue, The Hunters of Kentucky is divided into ten chapters. Each chapter is followed by a shorter exposition, termed an interlude. Among the major figures featured are Dr. Thomas Walker, Christopher Gist, Thomas Bullitt, Daniel Boone, Nicholas Cresswell, Daniel Trabue, James Estill, Pompey, George Michael Bedinger, and Spencer Records. Subjects covered include exploration, surveying, warfare, buffalo, clothing, long hunters, and weapons. A helpful chronology appears in an appendix. The maps and illustrations are first-rate.
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Holden, Robert John, with Donna Jean Holden,
THE HUNTING PIONEERS, 1720-1840: Ultimate Backwoodsmen on the Early American Frontier
. NEW copy. TRADE PAPERBACK. (Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2004). Indices, bibiiography, map, 232 pages.
~~~ This book is the first comprehensive account of the ultimate wilderness archetypes - the hunting pioneer families in the deep woods. These hunting pioneers had a totally different perspective on the wilderness than did the farming pioneers who far outnumbered them. The hunting pioneers continually sought out remote forests where the game animals roamed, while the farming pioneers followed close behind, methodically destroying those wilds with their axes and plows. A dynamic force from the early 1700's to the mid-1800s, the hunting pioneers originated in the Delaware River colony of New Sweden. The Swede-Finns lived there in the forests where their way of life was greatly influenced by the local Indians. Over the years, these Swede-Finns were joined by English, German, and Scotch-Irish immigrants who also adopted the hunting pioneer lifestyle. Together they led the frontier advance through the backcountry of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia, all the way to the edge of the treeless Great Plains.Often illiterate, the hunting pioneers left virtually no written records. Fortunately, foreign and American travelers recorded their impressions of these colorful backwoods people, describing in detail their clothing, dwellings and unique lifestyle. Excerpts from thirty of these eyewitness descriptions have been included in this work. The book contains an introduction, six chapters, a summary, endnotes, a bibliography, and a fullname plus subject index. Chapter 1 gives an overview of the hunting pioneers' role in American frontier history and compares the similarities and differences among the hunting pioneers and their two greatest nemeses: the Indians and the farming pioneers. Chapter 2 explores the background and evolution of the hunting pioneers. Chapter 3 recounts the role of the hunting pioneers in wilderness warfare, including the siege of Boonesborough, the capture of Fort Sackville, the Battle of King's Mountain, the Battle of Blue Licks, and several clashes with the Indians north of the Ohio River. The remaining chapters describe the advance of the hunting pioneers into the Ohio River Valley, the Illinois Country, the South, and across the Mississippi River to the edge of the Great Plains. This book is a wonderful resource for historians, re-enactors, and genealogists."
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SCHOOL OF THE LONGHUNTER
Prickett's Fort, Fairmont, West Virginia
April 12 - 15 ~~ An intense weekend of
instruction exploring the role of early frontiersmen on the American frontier.
Speakers will focus on the frontier skills of the longhunter. Space is limited
and registration required. Visitors welcome during daytime hours with no
admission charge.
Contact: info@prickettsfort.org ~~ 304-363-3030
or visit their website at:
www.prickettsfortstatepark.com
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Kindig, Joe, Jr.,
THOUGHTS ON THE KENTUCKY RIFLE IN ITS GOLDEN AGE.
. VG-/VG+. Oversized book.
Jacket is nearly flawless (darker shaded areas in picture are
due to scanning: the actual jacket is uniformly bright). Book has small but
significant flaw to front cover: on bottom edge near spine, cloth has been worn through to the paper. Board here is
slightly bumped, with also a clean half-inch tear to cloth along spine-edge. Both bump & tear to cloth are inconspicuous: the chief flaw is to bottom edge, as previously described.
Spine and covers otherwise tight and intact. Board edges otherwise unworn. Interior clean, tight and unmarked.
(NY: Bonanza Books, 1964). Longrifle Series. Profusely illustrated throughout, index, 561 pages.
~~~ Mr Kindig's thoughts concern American flintlock rifles as works of art and this book is a grand display of this art. His thesis is that the gunsmiths who made these rifles were the finest artisans who worked in early America. He proves this by showing detailed photos of 262 of the finest pieces from his famous collection.
~~~ Flintlock rifles were produced chiefly along the Appalachian Piedmont from the eastern border of Pennsylvania to South Carolina. From locality to locality within this region distinctly different artistic details were used to decorate the rifles and distinctly different styles of stock architecture and metal mountings were used. Kindig's study is the first to recognize the existence of these many schools of gunsmithing and to show the importance of them to the study of the rifle and its art.
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Rosenberger, Richard F. and Charles Kaufmann,
THE LONGRIFLES OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: ALLEGHENY AND WESTMORELAND COUNTIES.
University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993., F/F, like new. 1st American edition.
9"x11" oblong. B&W and color photos by Bill Owen.139 pp, glossy paper.
~~~ The
American longrifle, also known as the Kentucky rifle, was the finest rifle in
the world for over a century. As this beautifully illustrated book shows, the
gunmakers of western Pennsylvania were second to none in their skill and
artistry. From the first settling of the land west of the Alleghenies, local
gunsmiths produced the rifles that enabled the frontier family to survive in
the wilderness... ..the definitive work on the guns and gunsmiths of Allegheny
& Westmoreland counties from the mid-18th century to about 1870, with an
emphasis on the "golden age" (1785-1815). Rosenberger & Kaufmann present a
brief history of t he longrifle, an introduction to its manufacture and use in
western Pennsylvania in the 18th & 19th centuries, biographies of all major
gunmakers & detailed descriptions of known guns. They include 58 longrifles &
pistols, each photgraphed in three views. Several are in full color. Closeups
reveal the exceptionally fine detail on some of the rifles."
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Whisker, James B.,
ARMS MAKERS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Susquehanna University Press, 1990., NEW, a mint copy. Hardcover issued without
dust jacket. 9x12.5. Glossy paper throughout. Hundreds of photographs &
illustrations of rifles, gunsmith portraits & period advertisements.
Introduction, Abbreviations, Biographies of Arms Makers of Pennsylvania,
Appendices, Bibliography, extensive notes, 218 pp. "Focuses on the Pennsylvania
long "Kentucky" rifle, and identifies the primary schools of gun making and
major technological developments." A substantial, indispensable study by one of
the leading scholars in the field.
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Meginness, John,
THE EARLY HISTORY OF LYCOMING COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA.
NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK.
(Lewisburg, PA: Wennawoods Publishing), 205 pp.
~~~ That portion of Lycoming County lying
north of the Muncy Hills, and westward along the
river to the Indian lands above Lycoming Creek,
was the theater of many sanguinary conflicts
during the Colonial and Revolutionary periods,
and in that territory there is scarcely a square
mile that was not baptized in fire and
blood. Hostile bands of savages
frequently descended from the north, killed and
scalped scores of settlers, carried many into
captivity who were unable to escape, destroyed
their improvements, and burned their cabins. It
was here that the great panic, or 'Big Runaway'
occurred in 1778, which stands without parallel
in the annals of the pioneer settlements.
. . . So wrote John Meginness in 1892 as he set
to work in
writing the History of Lycoming County.
From her earliest Indian history dating back
over 10,000 years ago, Lycoming County has seen
many early explorers, Indian leaders,
missionaries to the Indians, Indian agents,
pioneers and Indian fighters come and go across
her land. We hear our mountains still calling
out their names: Brule, Montour, Weiser,
Heckewelder, Brady, Pence,
Antes . . . this early history is one of the keystones of what life was like on the
early Pennsylvania frontier.
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Patterson, A.W.,
HISTORY OF THE BACKWOODS.
NEW copy, hardcover (issued without dustjacket).
(Lewisburg, PA: Wennawoods Publishing), reprint
of original 1843 edition. Includes 1746
map of backwoods country, 319 pages. Limited to 1000 copies.
~~~ The Allegheny-Ohio River cuts a fertile history through Western
Pennsylvania into the Ohio country, setting the stage for a host of colorful
characters to come to life to help shape the course of early American history.
From the earliest accounts, this region of the Western Pennsylvania/Ohio Valley
area and the history of the Westward movement into it, were home to many
eventful, exciting yet bloody incidents.
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The early discovery and settlement of this country by the French, and their
subsequent struggle to retain occupancy of it, set the stage for the most
unsettled period of Eastern Frontier history. Competing French and English
interests, combined with continuing Indian warfare, lead to a long, bloody and
unrelenting series of incidents making the 18th century settlement in the Ohio
Valley one of the most exciting and colorful in American history. Written in the
first half of the 19th century, History of the Backwoods is the earliest meaning
history written of the Ohio Valley where Pennsylvania, 18th century Virginia and
Ohio come together. As Patterson states, “Our endeavor has been to present these
events, imbodied and arranged, in the order they occur. The motive to the
undertaking has been a desire to supply a vacancy in the general history of the
country, which may not have failed to be very generally remarked. Much of our
western history, it is known, has never been written, while the published
portions, to a great degree, have not been
collected.”
~~~ Includes accounts by and about Gist and Girty, Braddock and Washington, Forbes and Armstrong, Pontiac and
Cornstalk, Generals Lewis and Wayne, Colonels Crawford and Bouguet, Sam Brady
and Bald Eagle, Moravian Missionaries and French explorers.
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Withers, Alexander Scott,
CHRONICLES OF BORDER WARFARE: A
History of the Settlement by the Whites, of Northwestern Virginia, and of the
Indian Wars and Massacres in that Section of the State.
NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK.
(Charleston, WV: The West Virginia Book Company), revised
edition of original 1895 edition, edited & annotated by Reuben Gold Thwaites.
447 pages.
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