Background to glory : the life of George Rogers Clark

Author(s)

• Bakeless, John Edwin

Bibliographic Information

Background to glory : the life of George Rogers Clark

by John Bakeless ; introduction by James P. Ronda

（A bison book）

University of Nebraska Press, c1992

• : pbk

Note

Description based on: 1992 print

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

George Rogers Clark came out of Virginia to lead a frontier militia during the Revolutionary War. Fighting against the British and the Indians in the Illinois country, he scored impressive victories at Kaskaskia and Vincennes. His eventful life is brought to the fore in Background to Glory by John Bakeless, the author of Daniel Boone: Master of the Wilderness, also a Bison Book.

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Details

• NCID: BB29535474
• ISBN:
  • 0803261055
• LCCN: 92010931
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Lincoln
• Pages/Volumes: 386 p., [1] leaf of plates
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : E207.C5
  • DC20 : 973.3/3/092
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818
  • LCSH : Generals -- United States -- Biography
  • LCSH : United States. Continental Army -- Biography
  • LCSH : Northwest, Old -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA01567943