Journal of a Tour in Unsettled Parts of North America in 1796 & 1797

by Francis Baily and John Herschel

Book Overview

Baily's tour took him down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers past the settlements on the western frontier and, what is even more remarkable about this early and very rare account, back to the East coast by way of the hazardous Wilderness Trail, later known as the Natchez Trace. Students of American history have generally recognized that this material contains some of the most intimate and vivid glimpses of American life during the first territorial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809303892
• ISBN13: 9780809303892
• Release Date: November 1969
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 8.4"