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Date Posted: 00:19:32 01/30/04 Fri
Author: Mt. Healthy Mountaineer
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ANHOW Review of Books: "The American Revolution in the West" by George M. Waller

Genre: non-fiction (history)
Published: 1976 by Nelson-Hall

Synopsis: This is designed to be a general review or introduction to the American Revolution in what is now Kentucky, Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan. At that point in time, that was the American West. It features George Rogers Clark prominently.

My review: this is a decent history. Nothing great, nothing terrible. I would recommend along with it the historical fiction book "Long Knife" by James Alexander Thom and a good biography of Daniel Boone to get a better understanding of the warfare along the frontier. I would also recommend a book I recently reviewed entitled "The Red Heart" by Thom for an impression of the war from the American Indian's point of view. Here is a link: click here.

I give this book a "C" for being neither great nor awful. It was simply a history and here is a link from the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park in Vincennes, Indiana. If you are not familiar with Clark's story, I urge you to read the short history on the National Parks Service's site - hopefully it will encourage you to read more. I personally find the store to be most amazing - Clark is one of the few outright heroes I have in my study of history.

I will leave you with a quote from Clark that was featured in the book: "Great things have been effected by a few men well conducted."

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