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West from Shenandoah : a Scotch-Irish family fights for America, 1729-1781 : a journal of discovery
- Title
- West from Shenandoah : a Scotch-Irish family fights for America, 1729-1781 : a journal of discovery / Thomas A. Lewis.
- Author
- Lewis, Thomas A., 1942-
- Publication
- Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | F232.S5 L49 2004 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 262 pages : maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- "West from Shenandoah tells the powerful yet little-known story of these hardy settlers, pioneers, warriors, and mountaineers through the eyes and experiences of a single extraordinary family. This unconventional and very personal narrative follows John Lewis, his wife, Margaret, Lynn, and their five children from a deadly encounter with their Ulster landlord, through their perilous escape across the Atlantic, and into a new life fraught with danger, opportunity, and startling new challenges."
- "Author Thomas Lewis looks beyond the legendary exploits and heroic tales of pioneers to ask penetrating questions about who these immigrants were and why they flowed to America in such numbers. He wonders how, unlike earlier colonists, they avoided conflict with Native Americans for nearly two decades; who were the Native Americans in the area; and what sparked the recurring explosions of war as the Scotch-Irish started to move west from the rich and peaceful Shenandoah Valley."--Jacket.
- Subjects
- Land settlement
- Culture conflict
- Scots-Irish
- Indians of North America
- Pioneers
- 1700-1799
- Lewis family
- Biographies
- History
- collective biographies
- United States > Shenandoah River Valley
- Race relations
- Land settlement > Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) > History > 18th century
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) > Race relations
- Culture conflict > Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) > History > 18th century
- Indians of North America > Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) > History
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) > History
- Scots-Irish > Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) > History > 18th century
- Frontier and pioneer life > Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)
- Pioneers > Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) > Biography
- Scots-Irish > Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) > Biography
- Genre/Form
- collective biographies.
- Biographies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-249) and index.
- Contents
- pt. 1. The Scotch-Irish -- Ch. 1. East Wind Rising, 1729 -- Ch. 2. Finding America, 1730-1732 -- Journal: Coming to Shenandoah -- pt. 2. The First People -- Ch. 3. Finding Jasper, 10,000 B.P. -- Ch. 4. Leaving Shenandoah, 1400-1732 -- Journal: The Thunderbird Site -- pt. 3. The Land -- Ch. 5. Building Shenandoah, 1732-1739 -- Ch. 6. The Land Grabbers, 1739-1753 -- Journal: Leisure Point -- pt. 4. The Wars -- Ch. 7. The French War, 1754-1758 -- Ch. 8. The Indian Wars, 1759-1774 -- Ch. 9. The English War, 1774-1781 -- Journal: The Legacy.
- ISBN
- 0471315788
- 9780471315780
- LCCN
- 2003006651
- OCLC
- ocm51942803
- 51942803
- SCSB-1318848
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library