Written by a noted historian, this piece chronicles the bloody 25 years that was the winning of the Eastern Frontier, centered at Fort Henry (known today as Wheeling, West Virgina). This books brings back to you the days of... Daniel Boone... Simon Kenton... Lewis Wetzel... the Girty brothers... Sam McColloch... Betty Zane, etc. "In a time and place where uncommon heroism and courage were commonplace..." no lover of the history of heroic men and woman will want to put this book down unfinished.
Book Description
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Ohio River Valley as it really was,
This review is from: The Border Wars of the Upper Ohio Valley: 1769-1794 (Paperback)
William Hintzen has presented historical figures and events as they really were. No glorified, glamorized fiction is used to enthrall the reader; he writes it as it was, with references to support the history. This has been an invaluable resource in my teaching and education of early Ohio, and a pleasure to read(all four times!).
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
If You Appreciate First-Person Research...,
By Dr. Bob Tripp (Lakewood, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Border Wars of the Upper Ohio Valley: 1769-1794 (Paperback)
You will love this book. Hintzen has done what must have been and exhaustive amount of research including diaries, correspondences and memoirs. In some instances he illustrates that these may sometimes conflict with one another, and attempts to make sense of it all. I believe his assessment of both whites and indians to be fair and balanced. He underscores the basic understanding of all border wars - that no one group wears "white hats" or "black hats". He also winds up this tome with the always tragic but logical conclusion of all true border wars, that they only end when once side utterly conquers the other, by whatever means.Hintzen's writing style walks the tightrope of exhaustive research work balacing itself against a lively read that keeps things moving. The tightrope walk was successful, and in my opinion, he did a thoroughly impressive job with both.
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Accurate and unbiased,
By
This review is from: The Border Wars of the Upper Ohio Valley: 1769-1794 (Paperback)
This is a truly accurate and unbiased account of the dark and bloody history of the Ohio River Valley during the Revolutionary War. Hintzen makes it very clear that there were atrocities committed by both sides in this conflict and sums it up by saying that it was a war of extermination. Had the Native Americans and their British backers succeeded in exterminating the colonial frontiersman trying to eke out an existence in Kentucky and western Virginia, history would have been different.Hintzen clears up alot of myths regarding Lewis Wetzel which make him appear to be a psychopathic, bloodthirsty monster. While Wetzel may have hated his adversaries, he was no worse than many of his Native American counterparts. Hintzen neither romanticizes the frontiersmen the way many nineteenth century historians have done nor does he try to be politically "correct". Hintzen tells it like it really was. Frontier life was a harsh life for survival. The bitter conflict between the frontiersmen and Native Americans was a fight for survival, nothing more, nothing less.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
One of the most important events to occur in the entire history of the border wars took place not in the Ohio Valley, but in the State of New York, in the late fall and early winter of 1767. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lewis Wetzel, Fort Pitt, Fort Henry, Fort Washington, John Wetzel, Martin Wetzel, Simon Kenton, Simon Girty, United States, George Rogers Clark, George Washington, Mingo Bottom, Christian Indians, Fort Stanwix, Wheeling Creek, Daniel Boone, Blue Licks, Fort Harmar, Ohio River, Point Pleasant, Fort Jefferson, Joseph Brant, Lewis Bonnett, New York, Captain John New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
One of the most important events to occur in the entire history of the border wars took place not in the Ohio Valley, but in the State of New York, in the late fall and early winter of 1767. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lewis Wetzel, Fort Pitt, Fort Henry, Fort Washington, John Wetzel, Martin Wetzel, Simon Kenton, Simon Girty, United States, George Rogers Clark, George Washington, Mingo Bottom, Christian Indians, Fort Stanwix, Wheeling Creek, Daniel Boone, Blue Licks, Fort Harmar, Ohio River, Point Pleasant, Fort Jefferson, Joseph Brant, Lewis Bonnett, New York, Captain John New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
So You'd Like to...
Look for Similar Items by Category
- Books > History > Americas > United States > State & Local
