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This biography presents a refreshingly new and comprehensive interpretation of the life of George Rogers Clark.
Book Synopsis The Life of George Rogers Clark, 1752-1818 by : Kenneth C. Carstens
Download or read book The Life of George Rogers Clark, 1752-1818 written by Kenneth C. Carstens and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2004-10-30 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography presents a refreshingly new and comprehensive interpretation of the life of George Rogers Clark.
Biography of George Rogers Clark (1752-1818), American Revolution soldier and frontiersman.
Book Synopsis George Rogers Clark by : Temple Bodley
Download or read book George Rogers Clark written by Temple Bodley and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of George Rogers Clark (1752-1818), American Revolution soldier and frontiersman.
Book Synopsis George Rogers Clark by : Jeannette Covert Nolan
Download or read book George Rogers Clark written by Jeannette Covert Nolan and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis George Rogers Clark, 1752-1818 by : Hambleton Tapp
Download or read book George Rogers Clark, 1752-1818 written by Hambleton Tapp and published by . This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
George Rogers Clark (1752–1818) led four victorious campaigns against the Indians and British in the Ohio Valley during the American Revolution, but his most astonishing coup was recapturing Fort Sackville in 1779, when he was only twenty-six. For eighteen days, in the dead of winter, Clark and his troops marched through bone-chilling nights to reach the fort. With a deft mix of guile and violence, Clark led his men to triumph, without losing a single soldier. Although historians have ranked him among the greatest rebel commanders, Clark’s name is all but forgotten today. William R. Nester resurrects the story of Clark’s triumphs and his downfall in this, the first full biography of the man in more than fifty years. Nester attributes Clark’s successes to his drive and daring, good luck, charisma, and intellect. Born of a distinguished Virginia family, Clark wielded an acute understanding of human nature, both as a commander and as a diplomat. His interest in the natural world was an inspiration to lifelong friend Thomas Jefferson, who asked him in 1784 to lead a cross-country expedition to the Pacific and back. Clark turned Jefferson down. Two decades later, his youngest brother, William, would become the Clark celebrated as a member of the Corps of Discovery. By the beginning of the nineteenth century, though, George Rogers Clark may not have been fit to command any expedition. After the revolution, he raged against the government and pledged fealty to other nations, leading to his arrest under the Sedition Act. The inner demons that fueled Clark’s anger also drove him to excessive drinking. He died at the age of sixty-five, bitter, crippled, and alcoholic. He was, Nester shows, a self-destructive hero: a volatile, multidimensional man whose glorying in war ultimately engaged him in conflicts far removed from the battlefield and against himself.
Book Synopsis George Rogers Clark by : William Nester
Download or read book George Rogers Clark written by William Nester and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Rogers Clark (1752–1818) led four victorious campaigns against the Indians and British in the Ohio Valley during the American Revolution, but his most astonishing coup was recapturing Fort Sackville in 1779, when he was only twenty-six. For eighteen days, in the dead of winter, Clark and his troops marched through bone-chilling nights to reach the fort. With a deft mix of guile and violence, Clark led his men to triumph, without losing a single soldier. Although historians have ranked him among the greatest rebel commanders, Clark’s name is all but forgotten today. William R. Nester resurrects the story of Clark’s triumphs and his downfall in this, the first full biography of the man in more than fifty years. Nester attributes Clark’s successes to his drive and daring, good luck, charisma, and intellect. Born of a distinguished Virginia family, Clark wielded an acute understanding of human nature, both as a commander and as a diplomat. His interest in the natural world was an inspiration to lifelong friend Thomas Jefferson, who asked him in 1784 to lead a cross-country expedition to the Pacific and back. Clark turned Jefferson down. Two decades later, his youngest brother, William, would become the Clark celebrated as a member of the Corps of Discovery. By the beginning of the nineteenth century, though, George Rogers Clark may not have been fit to command any expedition. After the revolution, he raged against the government and pledged fealty to other nations, leading to his arrest under the Sedition Act. The inner demons that fueled Clark’s anger also drove him to excessive drinking. He died at the age of sixty-five, bitter, crippled, and alcoholic. He was, Nester shows, a self-destructive hero: a volatile, multidimensional man whose glorying in war ultimately engaged him in conflicts far removed from the battlefield and against himself.
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Book Synopsis COL GEORGE ROGERS CLARKS SKETC by : George Rogers 1752-1818 Clark
Download or read book COL GEORGE ROGERS CLARKS SKETC written by George Rogers 1752-1818 Clark and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis The Life of George Rogers Clark by : James Alton James
Download or read book The Life of George Rogers Clark written by James Alton James and published by Chicago : University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1928 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Bicentennial Anniversary of the Birth of George Rogers Clark, 1752-1952 by : George Rogers Clark Memorial Foundation
Download or read book Bicentennial Anniversary of the Birth of George Rogers Clark, 1752-1952 written by George Rogers Clark Memorial Foundation and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Nicholas Cresswell was twenty-four years old when he left his birthplace of Edale, England to sail for Virginia, believing that ""a person with a small fortune may live much better and make greater improvements in America than he can possibly do in England."" From the time he left, sailing from Liverpool in 1774, until the time he returned, he kept a diary detailing his experiences in pre-Revolutionary America. As a loyal subject to King George, Cresswell found himself often unhappy in America, detailing the turmoil and abuses often suffered by Loyalists in the colonies. Confining his travel mainly to the mid-Atlantic region, Cresswell not only had occasion to attend a slave gathering and observe what went on there, but also traded amongst many of the native tribes, including the Lenape, Tuscarora, Ottawa and Shawnee. Despite his ambivalence about returning to England, (toward the end of the book he moans, ""I wish to be at home and yet dread the thought of returning to my native Country a Beggar "" (P. 251)), life in the colonies becomes too much for this loyal subject and Cresswell's journal ends in 1777 with his return to England.
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Download or read book Journal of Nicholas Cresswell written by Nicholas Cresswell and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicholas Cresswell was twenty-four years old when he left his birthplace of Edale, England to sail for Virginia, believing that ""a person with a small fortune may live much better and make greater improvements in America than he can possibly do in England."" From the time he left, sailing from Liverpool in 1774, until the time he returned, he kept a diary detailing his experiences in pre-Revolutionary America. As a loyal subject to King George, Cresswell found himself often unhappy in America, detailing the turmoil and abuses often suffered by Loyalists in the colonies. Confining his travel mainly to the mid-Atlantic region, Cresswell not only had occasion to attend a slave gathering and observe what went on there, but also traded amongst many of the native tribes, including the Lenape, Tuscarora, Ottawa and Shawnee. Despite his ambivalence about returning to England, (toward the end of the book he moans, ""I wish to be at home and yet dread the thought of returning to my native Country a Beggar "" (P. 251)), life in the colonies becomes too much for this loyal subject and Cresswell's journal ends in 1777 with his return to England.
In June 1778, Lt. Col. George Rogers Clark, a young Revolutionary soldier-frontiersman, was encamped with nearly 200 men near present-day Louisville. He was in possession of secret orders to carry out a daring & hazardous campaign deep in enemy territory, a campaign that would develop into one of the great epics of American history. This book recounts the events of that campaign to capture Vincennes & claim the territory northwest of the Ohio River from the British. The chronological account, concluding with an epilogue, is accompanied by maps illustrating the progress of the campaign.
Book Synopsis George Rogers Clark and the Winning of the Old Northwest by : Robert C. Alberts
Download or read book George Rogers Clark and the Winning of the Old Northwest written by Robert C. Alberts and published by . This book was released on 1998-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 1778, Lt. Col. George Rogers Clark, a young Revolutionary soldier-frontiersman, was encamped with nearly 200 men near present-day Louisville. He was in possession of secret orders to carry out a daring & hazardous campaign deep in enemy territory, a campaign that would develop into one of the great epics of American history. This book recounts the events of that campaign to capture Vincennes & claim the territory northwest of the Ohio River from the British. The chronological account, concluding with an epilogue, is accompanied by maps illustrating the progress of the campaign.