The devil's backbone
Subtitle: the story of the Natchez Trace.
By: With map and headpieces by the Dillons.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Series: The American trails series
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 1962
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Natchez Trace.; Southern States -- History.
Description: With a history as dark and bloody as any in our nation, the Natchez Trace has always been more than just a thoroughfare. Growing out of a need for a return route for flatboats that floated down the Mississippi, the Trace winds up from Natchez, Mississippi, through Alabama and ends in Nashville, Tennessee. From the start, the Natchez Trace was alive with rugged pioneers, politicians, ladies of fashion, settlers, soldiers, and robbers. You'll learn about the trail and the notable figures who traversed it, such as Aaron Burr, Andrew Jackson, George Washington, Daniel Boone, and Meriwether Lewis, whose death on the Trace is still a mystery.
Notes: Includes bibliography.