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That Dark and Bloody River
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Allan W Eckert
Along the course of the great Ohio River, a new nation is taking root. They came in wagons and on rafts, singly and by the score. Restless, adventurous, enterprising--all seeking a foothold on the future. This is the chronicle of settlers, speculators, soldiers, missionaries, fugitives, and pioneers who settled the West.
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The Last Trail
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Zane Grey
When a woman is kidnapped, two bordermen, one of whom loves her, track a band of renegade Indians deep into the wild frontier, vowing that this will be their last mission.
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Spirit of the Border
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Zane Grey
When a psychopath tries to incite an Indian war near Fort Henry, it is up to Lewis Wetzel to settle things down, even if it means he has to rustle up his own kind of justice.
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Wind Walker
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Terry C Johnston
Titus Bass fights against the forces of civilization that are encroaching upon him and his family in their home in the Rocky Mountains.
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The Frontiersmen
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Allan W Eckert
Against the background of such names as George Rogers Clark, Daniel Boone. Arthur St. Clair, Anthony Wayne, Simon Girty, and William Henry Harrison, Eckert has recreated the life of one of America's most outstanding heroes, Simon Kenton. Kenton's role in opening the Northwest Territory to settlement more than rivaled that of his friend Daniel ...
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Dance on the Wind: The Plainsmen
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Terry C Johnston
The world of an early 19th century Kentucky farm proves to be too small a place for a boy with a vision. His wanderlust takes him to the Ohio River and into the fierce business world of old St. Louis, where he meets a veteran trapper. Filled with the trapper's stories, he plans to set out to experience the wilderness lore firsthand.
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The urban frontier : pioneer life in early Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Lexington, Louisville and St. Louis
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Richard C. Wade
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Wilderness Plots: Tales about the Settlement of the American Land
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Scott R Sanders
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American Leviathan: Empire, Nation, and Revolutionary Frontier
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Patrick Griffin
The war that raged along America's frontier during the period of the American Revolution was longer, bloodier, and arguably more revolutionary than what transpired on the Atlantic coast. Between 1763 and 1795 westerners not only participated in a War of Independence but engaged in a revolution that ushered in fundamental changes in social ...
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The Outlaws of Cave-In-Rock
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Otto A. Rothert
Exceptionally rare and valued by book collectors, Otto A. Rothert's riveting saga of the outlaws and scoundrels of Cave-in-Rock chronicles the adventures of an audacious cast of river pirates and highwaymen who operated in and around the famous Ohio River cavern from 1795 through 1820 (adventures featured in Disney's "Davy Crockett "and the film ...
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Wildflowers of Tennessee: And the Ohio/Mississippi Valleys
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David Duhl, Thomas Hemmerly, Tavia Cathcart
The distinctive ecosystems featured in this guide cover a variety of plant communities populated by a vast array of wildflowers. Aimed at both novice and experienced nature lovers, this guide depicts over 700 photographed primary wildflower species and discusses over 1280 species in total.
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Flatheads and Spooneys
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Jens Lund
Today's community of fisherfolk is small and economically marginal, but their activities sustain a complex of traditional skills and a body of verbal folklore associated with river life. In Flatheads and Spooneys, Jens Lund describes the activities, boats, gear, verbal lore, and sense of identity of the fisherfolk of the lower Ohio River Valley ...
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Into the Valley
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Rosanne Bittner
The second novel in Bittner's ambitious Westward America series, chronicling the history of the settling of America through the stories of its brave pioneers, is a story of a woman torn between two brothers in the turbulent days of the American Revolution.
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The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood; Fire and Tornado
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Logan Marshall
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Ohio River
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John Ed Pearce, Richard Nugent (Photographer)
The grand story of the Ohio River and the people and places along its gentle shores, with an informative text and beautiful photographs.
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A Sketchbook Of-- The Border Wars of the Upper Ohio Valley, 1769-1794: Conflicts and Resolutions
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William Hintzen
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Dance on the Wind
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Terry C Johnston
The fourth in Terry C. Johnston's historical action novels featuring Titus Bass, "Dance on the Wind" concerns itself with Bass's youth.
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The Urban Frontier: The Rise of Western Cities, 1790-1830
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Richard C Wade
When The Urban Frontier was first published it roused attention because it held that settlers made a concerted effort to bring established institutions and ways to their new country. This differed markedly from the then-dominant Turnerian hypothesis that a culture's identity and behavior was determined by its history and experience in a particular ...
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Measuring America: How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled the Promise of Democracy
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Andrew Linklater, Andro Linklater
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Scoouwa, James Smith's Indian Captivity Narrative
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James Smith, John J. Barsotti, William M. Darlington
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The last trail: a story of early days in the Ohio Valley
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Zane Grey
"The Last Trail" is the third and final novel in Zane Grey's "Ohio River Valley trilogy". In many ways, this concluding volume of the saga is one of perpetuation. The wilderness along the Ohio has been rapidly disappearing. Forests have been replaced by farms. Woodsmen, hunters, and frontiersmen are becoming farmers. This is true, in fact, for ...
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Caborn-Welborn: Constructing a New Society After the Angel Chiefdom Collapse
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David Pollack
Caborn-Welborn, a late Mississippian (A.D. 1400-1700) farming society centered at the confluence of the Ohio and Wabash Rivers (in what is now southwestern Indiana, southeastern Illinois, and northwestern Kentucky), developed following the collapse of the Angel chiefdom (A.D. 1000-1400). Using ceramic and settlement data, David Pollack examines ...
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The Old Northwest; a chronicle of the Ohio valley and beyond
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Frederic Austin Ogg
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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The codfish musket
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Agnes Danforth Hewes
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The Spirit of the Border a Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley
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Zane Grey
"The Spirit of the Border" is the second in Zane Grey's Ohio River Valley trilogy. The protagonist, frontier Indian fighter Lew Wetzel, and his opponent, border renegade Jim Girty, were historical figures who in 1777 clashed in the wilds of the western Virginia border. Wetzel takes as his partner Jonathan Zane, brother of Colonel Ebenezer Zane and ...
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