The Ohio Frontier: An Anthology of Early Writings (Ohio River Valley Series)

By: Emily Foster

Book Overview

"The readings in this anthology-the diaries of a trader and a missionary, the letter of a frontier housewife, the travel account of a wide-eyed young English tourist, the memoir of an escaped slave,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081311957X
• ISBN13: 9780813119571
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.8" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

a step back into history

This book is hard to describe but an anthology, like the title says, is a good start.It is a good book to read to get an authentic perspective of the frontier history of this important state,sure, it has some boring moments, but a complete read gives you a good feel for the times and history of the Ohio frontier.It almost puts you there at the time of all these goings on.Like I said, some boring, but, also quite a bit interesting at the same time.