The Land Beyond the Mountains

In her fourth novel of the Kentucky frontier, Giles combines her fascination for the past with her gift for storytelling. Had it not been for the loyalty of men like Giles's fictional hero, Major Cassius Cartwright, General James Wilkinson's 1783 attempt to create a Spanish empire in the West might have succeeded. Interwoven with the Spanish Conspiracy are tales of struggles with Indians, of the birth of a Green River Valley town, and of the two women Cass loves: Rachel, a gentle Quaker, and T

Author: Janice Holt Giles
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 10/19/1995
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.42h x 5.47w x 0.76d
ISBN: 9780813108483

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