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<p>They had defeated the French and now the English possessed the vast North American Empire. Soldiers, traders, settlers&#151;all began the trek across the wilderness to claim the land and its riches. Against this relentless tide Indian warriors rose up in bitter fury exploded in the bloody battle for the conquest of the Northwest territory.<P><P>'Reading Eckert is like listening to a master storyteller&#58; he presents his material in vivid detail, using the novelist's technique to enhance dramatic events.'&#151;<I> Publishers Weekly</I></p> <h3>Publishers Weekly</h3> <p>The Ohio River, a principal route for pioneers pushing westward along its 981-mile course from Pennsylvania through Kentucky and Indiana to Illinois, was the scene of fierce battles among warring Indian tribes-Shawnee, Miami, Cherokee, Iroquois, etc.-and between Native Americans and white settlers. Tapping journals, letters, diaries and government memoranda from 1768 to 1799, and fleshing out his panoramic chronicle with reconstructed dialogue adapted from primary sources, historian-novelist Eckert has fashioned an epic narrative history of the struggle for dominance of the Ohio River Valley that makes compelling

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Author

Allan W. Eckert

Publisher

Ashland, Ky.: Jesse Stuart Foundation

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780945084914

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Memoir, Historical Fiction

Rating

4.41 / 5 (209 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14