How George Rogers Clark Won the Northwest and Other Essays in Western History.
by THWAITES, Reuben Gold
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About This Item
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1903. First edition. Octavo. xx, 378, [1, publisher's ad], [1] pp. plus 9 full page illustrations. Publisher's green cloth with dark green shadow of a fort on front, gilt spine and cover lettering. A very bright and clean copy.George Rogers Clark (1752 – 1818) was a surveyor, soldier, and militia officer from Virginia and the highest ranking American military officer on the northwestern frontier during the American Revolutionary War. He served as leader of the Kentucky (then part of Virginia) militia throughout much of the war. Clark is best known for his celebrated captures of Kaskaskia (1778) and Vincennes (1779) during the Illinois Campaign, which greatly weakened British influence in the Northwest Territory. Because the British ceded the entire Northwest Territory to the United States in the 1783 Treaty of Paris, Clark has often been hailed as the "Conqueror of the Old Northwest".
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- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72711
- Title
- How George Rogers Clark Won the Northwest and Other Essays in Western History.
- Author
- THWAITES, Reuben Gold
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A. C. McClurg & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1903
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About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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