The Wilderness Road, 1775
By: by Laura Purdie Salas.
Series: Let freedom ring; New nation events series
Publisher: Bridgestone Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Mankato, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820 -- Juvenile literature.; Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820.; Frontier and pioneer life -- Tennessee, East -- Juvenile literature.; Frontier and pioneer life -- Kentucky -- Juvenile literature.; Frontier and pioneer life -- Virginia -- Juvenile literature.; Frontier and pioneer life.; Wilderness Road -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- Territorial expansion -- Juvenile literature.; Wilderness Road.; United States -- Territorial expansion.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Discusses colonial America's need for a route to the west, how the Wilderness Road developed, early explorers and settlements along its path, and the impact it had on western expansion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 45) and index.
Table of contents: title: Colonists need room; title: Daniel Boone; title: Blazing the Wilderness Road; title: Moving West; title: The glory days end; title: The Wilderness Road today.