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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Main Author: Trabue, Daniel, 1760-1840
Other Authors: Young, Chester Raymond, 1920-1999
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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, in the town of Columbia, of which he was a founder. A keen observer of people and events, Trabue captures experiences of everyday life in both the.
Physical Description:1 online resource (234 pages).
ISBN:9780813149264

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