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The Great Wagon Road: From Philadelphia to the South Paperback – October 30, 1992

by Parke Rouse (Author), Jr. Parke Rouse (Author)

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The Great Wagon Road from Philadelphia to the South was first publishedd by McGraw Hill as part of its "Great American Trails" series, edited by A. B. Gutherie, Jr. It was instantly recognized for its insight into the birth of the American South from the early 1700's until the Civil War. Historian Carl Bridenbaugh wrote that "In the last sixteen years of the colonial era, southbound traffic along the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road was numbered in tens of thousands; it was the most heavily travelled road in all America..." and Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson marked its route on their map of Virginia in 1754 as "the great Wagon Road from the Yadkin River through Virginia to Philadelphia distant 435 miles."

Over the years the Road led countless Scotch-Irish, Germanic, and English settlers southward from Philadelphia to settle the Appalachian uplands from Pennsylvania to Georgia. Over the Road went the progenitors of John Sevier of Tennessee, John Caldwell Calhoun of South Carolina, Sam Houston of Texas, Cyrus McCormick of Virginia, and other Americans.

Countless cities and towns from Philadelphia to Augusta, Georgia, owe their beginning to early camp sites along the Road that grew into tavern locations, then into county seats, and then into centers of agriculture and industry. Today such Wagon Road towns as Lancaster, York, and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Harper's Ferry, West Virginia; Winchester, Newmarket, Harrisonburg, Staunton, Lexington, and Rocky Mount, Virginia; Winston-Salem, Salisbury, and Charlotte, North Carolina; and Newberry and Camden, South Carolina have grown along the onetime settler's trail.

The Great Wagon Road also tells of Daniel Boone's pioneering from Big Lick, Virginia-now Roanoke-into the territory of Kentucky. Boone Expedited western settlement by cutting a trail across Cumberland Gap on Virginia's frontier to lead settlers in Revolutionary years into dangerous Indian country.

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300 pages
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English
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Dietz Pr
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October 30, 1992
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6 x 0.75 x 9 inches
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087517065X
ISBN-13

978-0875170657
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dietz Pr; 1st Edition (October 30, 1992)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 300 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 087517065X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0875170657
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.15 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.75 x 9 inches

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DNA

Informative, interesting and entertaining

Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2017

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This is an interesting and informative book, not so much giving specifics about how/when different groups migrated where, but giving a very good idea of what a central role the Great Wagon Road played. Its role in migration I had always understood, but its significance during the Revolutionary War was something I had never given much thought to. I especially appreciated the first-hand accounts from diaries and such - you can talk in the abstract about the way things were, but there's no substitute for hearing a version from someone who lived it. I always loved reading about the Old Waggoner, Daniel Morgan, but fell in love with this no-nonsense tough guy all over again from reading about his exploits vis-à-vis this road as both civilian and military commander. His character sounds very much like one of my own ancestors who grew up on the frontiers of Georgia.

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Flat LanderTop Contributor: Photography

Vivid detail about life along the great wagon road

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2010

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After researching my family tree, I found it interesting that for several branches generation after generation were going from Ireland to Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, then strangely up to Indiana and Illinois. Other branches of my family tree took the National Road west, but the Great Wagon Road is an interesting story for the development of the early eastern United States. It was a road "worn down in earlier ages by buffalo." Later after the extinction of the eastern buffalo it was "the ancient Warrior's Path...used by Iroquois tribesmen of the north to come south and trade or make war in [what later would become] Virginia and the Carolinas."

While much has been written about the Scots-Irish, this book includes other Protestant migrants such as the German, Moravian, Palatine, and Quakers. The book also describes the various Protestant preachers such as Francis Asbury and Peter Muhlenberg that so affected the settlers, broadly cast the seeds of religious freedom and anti-slavery. Many of those clans who migrated to North Carolina, moved onto Tennessee and Kentucky only to find that they could not compete economically with slaveholders and moved north to the free labor states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. There they met other branches who generally followed the National Road west from Philadelphia.

The book is full of details that give the reader clear pictures of what life was like living along the great wagon road and various branches west. I recommend the book for those wanting an in-depth image of what their ancestors did to survive and make a life for themselves in this part of the country.

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A good romp, but dubious history

Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2013

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Rouse offers the reader a well-spun story which, at times, feels almost Victorian in its romantic tone. The author has narrative skill well beyond what we normally expect of an academic historian, and the metaphors flow freely from his pen. But what's good for romance is often not good for history.

This book IS intended as a serious work of history, and it serves that purpose relatively well considering the historiography of the period in which it was written (published in 1973). It's an easy read, and a bit of a page turner considering the potential dryness of the topic.

The research is thin by today's standard, and there are many books with a more solid foundation on this topic than this one. Historian David Hackett Fischer, for example, has written extensively and solidly on the topic. If you don't mind your history light, and you want a good general exposure to the period and place, you'll probably enjoy this book. The author has the ability to take you along with the actors in the story, and that can be an enjoyable trip if you're willing to let your guard down a little!

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E. Weightman

Good Research Material

Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2006

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I do a lot of genealogy research and I knew for a fact that my ancestors migrated from the Philadelphia area down to North Carolina via the Great Wagon Road. They came into America via the Port of Phila in 1738 and were in North Carolina sometime in the mid to late 1750s to early 1760s. The book was a real learning lesson, I never knew there was such a "road" on the eastern seaboard states like there was out west. It was really good at informing you of the trials and tribulations our ancestors faced with the countryside, the indians, the British and the French. I highly recommend this book, it opens your eyes to just how many moved from the North to the South and the way they went. Although near the end of the book it did jump around, it nevertheless held my attention. Great source material for those of you researching your roots in these areas.

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WhatsUp

Many interesting first hand account quotes from the period, well researched, sources cited.

Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2019

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This book is all that was expected and so much more! Anyone doing family genealogy might enjoy learning more details of life and struggles by ancestor's who lived near, or traveled along the Great Wagon Road. Numerous source citations, using numbered notes by chapter for sources quoted. Many many interesting first hand accounts by those living at the time period covered. Well organized and researched throughout this book. Very happy with this book!

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Wordy

Just terrific

Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2018

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I learned a lot of new material in this book. For the serious history student, this book really explains how we populated the South through emigration down the Wagon Road. Highly recommend this book.

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John B

Not as Decscribed

Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2020

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Photo shows book with dust cover. Arrived with out same. Obviously the dust cover does play a part in value. Book is over 40 years old and terribly outdated unfortunately. Better description would have been appreciated.

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Jennie Sherrill

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Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2021

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Will be passing this book down for future generations

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