The Allegheny Frontier: West Virginia Beginnings, 1730-1830

By Otis K Rice and Otis K. Rice

Book Overview

The Allegheny frontier, comprising the mountainous area of present-day West Virginia and bordering states, is studied here in a broad context of frontier history and national development. The region was significant in the great American westward movement, but Otis K. Rice seeks also to call attention to the impact of the frontier experience upon the later history of the Allegheny Highlands. He sees a relationship between its prolonged frontier experience and the problems of Appalachia in the twe

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813154472
• ISBN13: 9780813154473
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher