Running Mad for Kentucky: Frontier Travel Accounts

The crossing of America's first great divide-the Appalachian Mountains-has been a source of much fascination but has received little attention from modern historians. In the eighteenth century, the Wilderness Road and Ohio River routes into Kentucky presented daunting natural barriers and the threat of Indian attack. Running Mad for Kentucky brings this adventure to life. Primarily a collection of travel diaries, these day-to-day accounts illustrate the dangers thousands of Americans, adult and

Author: Ellen Eslinger
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 07/23/2004
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.00w x 1.01d
ISBN: 9780813123134

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2005 pg. 1290

About the Author

Ellen Eslinger, professor of history at DePaul University, is the author of Citizens of Zion: The Social Origins of Camp Meeting Revivalism.

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