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Title:
The life of George Rogers Clark, 1752-1818 : triumphs and tragedies / edited by Kenneth C. Carstens and Nancy Son Carstens.
Publisher:
Praeger,
Copyright Date:
2004
Description:
xviii, 348 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Clark, George Rogers,--1752-1818.
United States.--Continental Army.--Biography.
Generals--United States.--Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life--Northwest, Old.
Virginia--Militia--Biography.
Northwest, Old--Campaigns.--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns.
United States--Campaigns--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns
Other Authors:
Carstens, Kenneth Charles.
Son Carstens, Nancy.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [314]-332) and index.
Contents:
George Rogers Clark : the early years / Lowell Harrison -- Clark's Kaskaskia expedition, June 24-July 4, 1778 / Larry L. Nelson -- Kaskaskia and the French Kaskaskians as seen by Clark / Margaret Kimball Brown -- George Rogers Clark and the American Indian / James Alexander Thom -- The making of a myth : George Rogers Clark and Teresa de Leyba / Nancy Son Carstens -- Clark's attack on Vincennes, February 5-25, 1779 / Robert J. Holden -- Detroit : Clark's obsession / Brian Leigh Dunnigan -- Fort Jefferson : George Rogers Clark's fort at the mouth of the Ohio, 1780-1781 / Kenneth C. Carstens -- Clark, the slave trade, and the Illinois Regiment / Pen Bogert -- Supply issues of the Illinois Regiment under George Rogers Clark / Gregory F. Holm -- Clark's 1780 Shawnee expedition / Martin West -- Clark's ambush of Benedict Arnold at Hood's Point / Gregory F. Holm -- Clark as manager of the Kentucky frontier / James Fisher -- George Rogers Clark and the French conspiracy / Nancy Son Carstens -- Clark's last years : Locust Grove / Julia C. Parke -- A forgotten hero remembered, revered, and revised / James Fisher -- The historical portraits of George Rogers Clark / James J. Holmberg.
Series:
Contributions in American history ; no. 203
ISBN:
9780313322174 (alk. paper)
0313322171 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)55518018
LCCN:
2004011889
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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