Along the Maysville Road: The Early American Republic in the Trans-Appalachian West

by Craig Thompson Friend

Before the National Road and the Erie Canal, another transportation revolution was underway in the United States. Beginning in the 1770s, the Maysville Road--a sixty-five-mile dirt trail that stretched from the Ohio River to the Bluegrass region of Kentucky--served as a stage upon which people wrestled with issues of power, identities, and worldviews. For six decades, the road provided a conduit through which political, economic, social, and cultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1621903079
• ISBN13: 9781621903079
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"