Westward Into Kentucky: The Narrative of Daniel Trabue

by Daniel Blake Smith, Daniel Trabue, Daniel; Young Trabue

Book Overview

" In his youth Daniel Trabue (1760-1840) served as a Virginia soldier in the Revolutionary War. After three years of service on the Kentucky frontier, he returned home to participate as a sutler in the Yorktown campaign. Following the war he settled in the Piedmont, but by 1785 his yearning to return westward led him to take his family to Kentucky, where they settled for a few years in the upper Green River country. He recorded his narrative in 1827,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081319119X
• ISBN13: 9780813191195
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher