Background to glory
Subtitle: the life of George Rogers Clark.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Lippincott
Published: 1957
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
Subjects: Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818; Northwest, Old -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Table of contents: label: Preface 1
title: Virginia Boyhood
pagenum: 13; title: 2 The Redskins and the Noble Earl
pagenum: 19; title: 3 The Terror Darkens
pagenum: 29; title: 4 Colonel Clark's Personal Spies
pagenum: 45; title: 5 Colonel Clark's Personal Army
pagenum: 54; title: 6 Attack on Kaskaskia
pagenum: 67; title: 7 Kaskaskia Becomes American
pagenum: 79; title: 8 Vincennes, A Peaceful Conquest
pagenum: 85; title: 9 Peace Pipes, Swords, and Tomahawks
pagenum: 95; title: 10 Desperate Days
pagenum: 107; title: 11 The Bad News at Detroit
pagenum: 121; title: 12 Fate at Vincennes
pagenum: 128; title: 13 The Bad News at Kaskaskia
pagenum: 140; title: 14 A Prairie Anabasis
pagenum: 149; title: 15 Approach to Vincennes
pagenum: 162; title: 16 Troubles of the Hair-Buyer General
pagenum: 179; title: 17 Surrender
pagenum: 193; title: 18 More Troubles of the Hair-Buyer General
pagenum: 211; title: 19 On to Detroit!
pagenum: 224; title: 20 Bucks, Does, and Dollars
pagenum: 236; title: 21 The War Moves South— and West
pagenum: 243; title: 22 A Lesson for the Shawnees
pagenum: 258; title: 23 Detroit, Again
pagenum: 269; title: 24 The Approach of Victory
pagenum: 282; title: Continued 25 Piqua, Again
pagenum: 293; title: 26 New State, New Nation
pagenum: 301; title: 27 Last Campaign
pagenum: 312; title: 28 The Vultures Gather
pagenum: 325; title: 29 Anti-Chmax: The Great French Plot
pagenum: 331; title: 30 General Clark, of Clarksville
pagenum: 346; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 361; title: Notes
pagenum: 363; title: Index
pagenum: 377