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No Man Knows This Country Better : The Frontier Life of John Gibson  /

"John Gibson is an unheralded hero among our nation's Founding Fathers. He worked with seven Presidents, knew a dozen Continental Army generals, and served as an officer of increasing rank in every frontier conflict between 1758 and 1813. During the American Revolution, he led a regiment a...

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Autor principal: Williams, Gary S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Akron, Ohio : University of Akron Press, 2022.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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505 0 |a Growing Up in Lancaster, 1740-1758 -- Frontier Adventure, 1758-1764 -- Indian Trader, 1765-1774 -- Dunmore's War and Beginnings of Revolution, 1774-1776 -- Williamsburg to Valley Forge, 1776-1778 -- Action in the Western Department, 1778-1780 -- Tension in the Western Department, 1781-1782 -- Peacetime Pittsburgh, 1783-1790 -- Whiskey Rebellion and Job Search, 1790-1800 -- Indiana Territory Stage One, 1800-1805 -- Indiana Territory Stage Two, 1806-1811 -- Wartime Governor, 1812-1813 -- Final Years, 1814-1822. 
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