The Ohio (Ohio River Valley Series) - Softcover

Banta, R.E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813109590 ISBN 13: 9780813109596

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, 1998

Synopsis

" Originally part of the Rivers of America Series, The Ohio traces the river from its headwaters in Pittsburgh to the point it empties into the Mississippi, nearly a thousand miles and five states later. The Ohio gives us a rare portrait of the frontier era of this region, from backwoods entertainment to learning and the arts. From early exploration to land disputes, clashes with Native American inhabitants to the birth of steamboat travel, the Ohio River comes alive through the retelling of the incidents and anecdotes that shaped its history of what the French called ""the beautiful river.""

About this title

About the Author

Banta was a rare book dealer.

Thomas D. Clark (1903?2005) was appointed Kentucky Historian Laureate for life in 1990 by the Kentucky General Assembly. He was author or editor of thirty-two books, publishing his last, The People's House: Governor's Mansions of Kentucky, at the age of ninety-nine.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813109590
• ISBN 13: 9780813109596
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 606