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Virginia's Western War 1775-1786
Hammon, Neal O.; Taylor, Richard
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Description for Virginia's Western War 1775-1786
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b/w photos & 26 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBLH; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570.
More than any other colony, Virginia looked to the West for its future. After the French and Indian War, the Royal Proclamation of 1754 declared that officers and soldiers would be paid with parcels of Western land, vaguely extending about eighty miles in all directions from Lexington. By 1768 most of the area had been explored by the Long Hunters, including Daniel and Squire Boone, James Knox, Hasker Mansker, and the Skagg Brothers. These brave, enterprising men battled both with nature and with the Indians, bringing their families to settle this rough frontier. "Virginia's Western War" traces the little-known period ... Read more
More than any other colony, Virginia looked to the West for its future. After the French and Indian War, the Royal Proclamation of 1754 declared that officers and soldiers would be paid with parcels of Western land, vaguely extending about eighty miles in all directions from Lexington. By 1768 most of the area had been explored by the Long Hunters, including Daniel and Squire Boone, James Knox, Hasker Mansker, and the Skagg Brothers. These brave, enterprising men battled both with nature and with the Indians, bringing their families to settle this rough frontier. "Virginia's Western War" traces the little-known period ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Mechanicsburg, United States
ISBN
9780811713894
SKU
V9780811713894
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About Hammon, Neal O.; Taylor, Richard
Neal O. Hammon is an expert on the American Revolution and co-author of a number of studies on the subject. Richard Taylor is professor of English and Kenan Visiting Writer at Transylvania University. A former Poet Laureate of Kentucky, he is the author of many books, including Earth Bones.
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