A Child of the Revolution: William Henry Harrison and His World, 1773–1798

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Contents t Preface vii Abbreviations xi 1. An Ardent Ambition to Become a Soldier 1 2. An Education Manqué 15 3. Friend of Human Liberty 29 4. The Grand Gesture 39 5. Parallel Lives 47 6. Introduction to the Ohio Country 61 7. Aftermath of a Disaster 73 8. The First Regiment 80 9. Cincinnati 88 10. Anthony Wayne Takes Over 97 11. Legionville and a Trip East 106 12. The March into the Woods 116 13. Nerves 126 14. Toward a Showdown 135 15. Consummation 143 16. The End of the Dream 152 Afterword 166 Notes 169 Bibliography 225 Index 243 Booraem text.indb 5 5/22/12 1:53 PM A child of the Revolution, my attachment to liberty was imbibed in my earliest youth. —Harrison to Luther Bradish, 20 February 1836 ’Twas in truth an hour Of universal ferment; mildest men Were agitated; and commotions, strife Of passion and opinion, filled the walls Of peaceful houses with unquiet sounds. The soil of common life was at that time Too hot to tread upon. —Wordsworth, The Prelude But man in general was not born to remain in a state of childhood; nature marks a time when he emerges from infancy, and this critical moment, though short, is attended with a long train of consequences. . . . As the roaring of the sea precedes the tempest, so the murmur of rising passions portends this stormy revolution. —Rousseau, Emile Booraem text.indb 6 5/22/12 1:53 PM ...