Life, liberty and death on the Appalachian frontier
Tells the story of the people who ventured through the mountains and forests and along the rivers of the Appalachian frontier in Pennsylvania and New York during the 18th century, It focuses on a multi-cultural society--Native Americans dispossessed of their land in Pennsylvania and New York, the di...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Morgantown, PA :
Masthof Press,
[2024]
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| Summary: | Tells the story of the people who ventured through the mountains and forests and along the rivers of the Appalachian frontier in Pennsylvania and New York during the 18th century, It focuses on a multi-cultural society--Native Americans dispossessed of their land in Pennsylvania and New York, the diplomats Conrad Weiser and Shikellamy on a peace mission to the Iriquois capital of Onondaga, Scots-Irish emigrants building churches on the Susquehanna Valley frontier, nurse Charlotte Browne with the remnants of the British Army after the defeat of Gen. Edward Braddock, Mary Jemison, a Pennsylvania girl, transformed into a Seneca matron in the Genesee River Valley. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 219 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, maps ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-206) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781601269218 1601269218 |
