Tennessee Frontiers: Three Regions in Transition

by John R. Finger

Book Overview

This chronicle of the formation of Tennessee from indigenous settlements to the closing of the frontier in 1840 begins with an account of the prehistoric frontiers and a millennia-long habitation by Native Americans. The rest of the book deals with Tennessee's historic period beginning with the incursion of Hernando de Soto's Spanish army in 1540. John R. Finger follows two narratives of the creation and closing of the frontier. The first starts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253339855
• ISBN13: 9780253339850
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 11.5"

Customer Reviews

Top-notch history of early Tennessee

An excellent, well written history of Tennessee. Gives an insight into the expansion into the lands west of the Appalachians that is easily understood. Puts the process of transition from wilderness outposts and small farmingsettlements to statehood into perspective with other events occurring during the same time period.Undoubtedley the best explanation of the establishment and subsequent failure of the state of "Franklin" that I have read.