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"The explosive true saga of the legendary figure, Daniel Boone, and the bloody struggle for America's frontier by two bestselling authors at the height of their writing power--Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. It is the mid-eighteenth century, and in the 13 colonies founded by Great Britain, anxious colonists desperate to conquer and settle North America's "First Frontier" beyond the Appalachian Mountains engage in a never-ending series of bloody battles....
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Lasting from 1757 to 1900, the Battle of the Plains consisted of numerous violent conflicts between Native American tribes and the U.S. government. These struggles concluded with the Red River War and the Great Sioux War. This book provides readers with an in-depth look at the Plains Wars, including the tribes involved, their modes of warfare, the background to the fighting, and the tragic toll that the wars took on all involved, including civilians....
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The frontiersmen were a remarkable breed of men. They were often rough and illiterate, sometimes brutal and vicious, often seeking an escape in the wilderness of mid-America from crimes committed back east. In the beautiful but deadly country which would one day come to be known as West Virginia, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, more often than not they left their bones to bleach beside forest paths or on the banks of the Ohio River,...