George Rogers Clark and the War in the West

by Lowell H. Harrison

Book Overview

"Much has been written about the famous conflicts and battlegrounds of the East during the American Revolution. Perhaps less familiar, but equally important and exciting, was the war on the western frontier, where Ohio Valley settlers fought for the land they had claimed - and for their very lives. George Rogers Clark stepped forward to organize the local militias into a united front that would defend the western frontier from Indian attacks. Clark...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813190142
• ISBN13: 9780813190143
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher