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

by Craig Thompson Friend

Book Overview

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"