Frontier Kentucky / Otis K. Rice.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rice, Otis K., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kentucky--History--To 1792.

Kentucky.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Otis Rice tells the dramatic story of how the first state beyond the mountains came into being. Kentucky dates its settled history from the founding of Harrodsburg in 1774 and of Boonesborough in 1775. But the drama of frontier Kentucky had its beginnings a full century before the arrival of James Harrod and Daniel Boone. The early history of the Bluegrass state is a colorful and significant chapter in the expansion of the American frontier.Rice traces the development of Kentucky through the end of the Revolutionary War. He deals with four major themes: the great imperial rivalry between Engla

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 A Pawn on the International Chessboard; 2 The Realm of the Indian and the Hunter; 3 The Advance into Kentucky; 4 A Year of Crisis; 5 Corporate Enterprise and Individual Initiative; 6 The Revolutionary War Years; 7 The Seeds of a Commonwealth; Bibliographical Note; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-[132] and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813185361

081318536X

9780813159447

081315944X

OCLC:

933515993