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- Westward into Kentucky: The Narrative of Daniel Trabue
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: The University Press of Kentucky
summary
In his youth Daniel Trabue (1760–1840) served as a Virginia soldier in the Revolutionary War. After three years of service on the Kentucky frontier, he returned home to participate as a sutler in the Yorktown campaign. Following the war he settled in the Piedmont, but by 1785 his yearning to return westward led him to take his family to Kentucky, where they settled for a few years in the upper Green River country. He recorded his narrative in 1827, in the town of Columbia, of which he was a founder. A keen observer of people and events, Trabue captures experiences of everyday life in both the Piedmont and frontier Kentucky. His notes on the settling of Kentucky touch on many important moments in the opening of the Bluegrass region.
Table of Contents
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- Title page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Introduction
- pp. 1-34
- The Narrative of Daniel Trabue
- 1. The Huguenot Heritage
- pp. 37-43
- 3. Disruptive Indian Incursions
- pp. 51-56
- 4. The "Big Siege" of Boonesborough
- pp. 57-68
- 5. The "Hard Winter" of 1779-1780
- pp. 69-78
- 7. Militia Service in Old Virginia
- pp. 95-105
- 8. Wartime Stress on Civilian Life
- pp. 106-113
- 9. Yorktown and War's End
- pp. 114-127
- 11. Postwar Conditions in Trans-Appalachia
- pp. 134-145
- 12. Violence on the Kentucky Frontier
- pp. 146-154
- Bibliographical Essay
- pp. 200-208
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813149264
Related ISBN(s)
9780813114101, 9780813132211, 9780813188713, 9780813191195
MARC Record
OCLC
767543671
Pages
234
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No