The Conquest of the Illinois

by George Rogers Clark and Milo Milton Quaife

Book Overview

Written only a decade after George Rogers Clark's conquest of Illinois, this firsthand account shows the region as it existed in the 1770s, explains how British occupation affected Kentucky settlers, and exhibits Clark's enormous diplomatic skills in convincing the French settlers and Indians along the rivers of Illinois that they were better off under the jurisdiction of the Americans rather than the British. In his new foreword to this book,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809323788
• ISBN13: 9780809323784
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.5" x 6.8"