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The Blackwater Chronicle

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Timothy Sweet, PHILIP P. KENNEDY
2011
Published by: West Virginia University Press
Series: West Virginia and Appalachia
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This wilderness travelogue about the exploration of Canaan Valley, West Virginia was originally published in 1853. With appeal far beyond its time and region, first editions of this chronicle reached New York, London, and even Germany. This often humorous and always fascinating story reveals Kennedy's journey into an unexplored territory.

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Cover

Title Page, Copyright

Contents

pp. v-vi

Preface

pp. vii-xxxvi

Chapter I. Introductory.

pp. 5-12

Chapter II. Getting under Way.

pp. 13-20

Chapter III. In which the Expedition dances a Hornpipe on the Top of a Mountain.

pp. 21-31

Chapter IV. The Cockneys explained by the Prior of St. Philips, from the Top of the Allegany.

pp. 32-46

Chapter V. Winston and its Castellan — Mr. Edward Towers.

pp. 47-57

Chapter VI. The Blackwater Invasion determined upon.

pp. 58-76

Chapter VII. The Dale on the Potomac — and a Somewhat Particular Description of the Array.

pp. 77-94

Chapter VIII. The March into the Canaan.

pp. 95-111

Chapter IX. The Lodge in the Wilderness.

pp. 112-120

Chapter X. The Blackwater Found — A Great Number of Trout taken — Mr. Butcut fries some Fish.

pp. 121-134

Chapter XI. The Blackwater Villa.

pp. 135-149

Chapter XII. The Falls of the Blackwater.

pp. 150-170

Chapter XIII. How we got out of the Canaan — and in Spite of our Teeth.

pp. 171-196

Chapter XIV. The Return to Winston — “Bootless Home and Weather-beaten Back.”

pp. 197-211
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