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The Conquest of The Illinois (Shawnee Classics)

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This book was more difficult to read than books written today because Clark uses the more formal language of his day. However, I used it as research for one of my historical books and I found it to be extremely informative. Clark has never received adequate recognition for his part in fighting the British during the Revolutionary War and it is a travesty that the Commonwealth of Virginia never paid their war debts and left him to pay them personally. This book shows none of the bitterness one might expect, which provides additional insight into the kind of man he was.

This book sounded great from the reviews and the "Look Inside" preview, - - - even though it stated that the pages were from the paperback version.
What was not mentioned is the actual size of the text. The pages are 9 x 6, BUT, only an area about the size of a 3 x 5 index card is printed on each page. This may have been the size of the original book page? since this is a reprint, but it was quite a surprise when I opened the book I had purchased and realized the 214 page book was only going to contain about half of the content that a normal book that size would contain. The letter reproduced in the introduction is so small, I can't read it with a 3x magnifying glass. I have read about 15 pages so far and it seems historically compatible with other accounts of the events covered, So my advice is buy the paperback version of this book OR another title dealing with this subject matter, that will be easier to read.

If you're into the life of George Rogers Clark, this little book has most of the excitement...