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Welcome to the brutal frontier of the Revolutionary War… The year is 1775, and land-hungry settlers are trying to infiltrate the ""back country"", an unexplored region beyond the mountains extending west and south from New York into Ohio, Kentucky and Virginia. Control of this region was no less important than the better-known eastern campaigns of Washington and his generals in deciding the outcome of the Revolutionary War. The British decided to recruit their ferocious Indian allies into dealing with the resistance of the settlers, encouraging them to wreak havoc. The Indians raided as they pleased, bringing horror with them, kidnapping, scalping, torturing, burning captives the settlers retaliated in kind, butchering even friendly Indians. Two great leaders emerged from this bloody conflict; Joseph Brant, the brilliant, educated Indian, who hated Americans with cause, and the superb frontiersman George Rogers Clark. Every horrific detail of their skill, leadership and bravery is captured perfectly in this comprehensive edition. Born in 1896, American author Dale Van Every turned out a number of volumes on American history, including a biography of Charles Lindbergh. Van Every was also a busy playwright in the 1920s; his Broadway offering Telling the World was filmed in 1929, whereupon the writer set up shop in Hollywood. His screenplays include the literary adaptations Trader Horn (1931) and Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932). In 1937, he shared an Oscar nomination for the film version of Kipling's Captains Courageous. In 1940, Dale Van Every produced the Paramount actioner Rangers of Fortunes, then returned to screenwriting, remaining in this field until 1957.

Dale Van Every describes the perilous crises that threatened the young republic during the period when she struggled to remain one nation instead of becoming many. In this third volume of his major work, The Frontier People of America, the renowned historian tells how the Indians, allied with the British and Spanish, nearly won the battle for the West; how economic and military instability left the new frontiers dangerously unprotected, and finally, how the vision of leaders such as Washington, Jefferson, and Adams helped forge the government that was to unite a territory as large as Western Europe.

One final push for the American people… In this fourth and final volume of his monumental history of the frontier people of America, Dale Van Every describes the final push westward to the Pacific in a way that makes history come to life. The story of this initial penetration of the Far West by such great figures as Lewis and Clark, the Astorians, and other hardy frontierspeople is one of the greatest and most inspiring in the whole American saga. Praise for Dale Van Every: “[Van Every] catches the spirit of the frontiersman as few writers have done” - Virginia Quarterly Review “A powerful story… he pulls no punches… Van Every’s four-volume story promises to be a monumental achievement” - New Haven Register “Dale Van Every takes the large view, tracing men and movements in a huge landscape showing how quickly the wilderness became a commonwealth… it is an astonishing accomplishment” - Chicago Tribune Dale Van Every (born 1896) turned out a number of volumes on American history, including a biography of Charles Lindbergh. Van Every was also a busy playwright in the 1920s; his Broadway offering Telling the World was filmed in 1929, whereupon the writer set up shop in Hollywood. His screenplays include the literary adaptations Trader Horn (1931) and Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932). In 1937, he shared an Oscar nomination for the film version of Kipling'sCaptains Courageous. In 1940, Dale Van Every produced the Paramount actioner Rangers of Fortunes, then returned to screenwriting, remaining in this field until 1957.