Westward into Kentucky : The Narrative of Daniel Trabue /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Trabue, Daniel, 1760-1840
Otros Autores: Young, Chester Raymond, 1920-1999
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2004.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Trabue, Daniel, > 1760-1840.
Travel.
Pioneers.
Frontier and pioneer life.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Pionniers > Virginie > Biographies.
Pionniers > Kentucky > Biographies.
Frontier and pioneer life > Virginia.
Frontier and pioneer life > Kentucky.
Pioneers > Virginia > Biography.
Pioneers > Kentucky > Biography.
Virginia.
United States.
Kentucky.
Virginie > Biographies.
Kentucky > Biographies.
Virginie > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Revolution)
Virginie > Descriptions et voyages.
Kentucky > Descriptions et voyages.
Virginia > Biography.
Kentucky > Biography.
Virginia > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
Virginia > Description and travel.
Kentucky > Description and travel.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; The Narrative of Daniel Trabue; 1. The Huguenot Heritage; 2. A Martial Introduction to the Kentucky Wilderness; 3. Disruptive Indian Incursions; 4. The ""Big Siege"" of Boones borough; 5. The ""Hard Winter"" of1779-1780; 6. The Captivity and Escape of Two Trabue Brothers; 7. Militia Service in Old Virginia; 8. Wartime Stress on Civilian Life; 9. Yorktown and War's End; 10. The Separate Baptists of Revolutionary Virginia; 11. Postwar Conditions in Trans-Appalachia; 12. Violence on the Kentucky Frontier; Notes.
  • Bibliographical EssayIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W.

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