Long Knife: A NovelA legend. A warrior. A hero. A classic American epic. Two centuries ago, with the support of the young Revolutionary government, George Rogers Clark led a small but fierce army west from Virginia to conquer all the territory between the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. He battled the British, forged friendships with French and Spanish settlers, and made treaties with many Indian tribes who revered the lanky, red-haired white man and called him Long Knife. He fell in love with the woman of his dreams, the beautiful Spanish maiden Teresa de Leyba. And George Rogers Clark was, in the end, bitterly betrayed by the same government he had so nobly served. Rich in the heroic characters, meticulously researched detail, and grand scale that have become James Alexander Thom’s trademarks, Long Knife, his first historical epic, is simply unforgettable. |
Contents
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Caroline County VirginiaNovember 1777 | 31 |
Chapter 4 Williamsburg VirginiaJanuary 1778 | 44 |
On the Mississippi RiverMay 1778 | 57 |
On the Ohio RiverMay 1778 | 85 |
DetroitJune 1778 | 100 |
Into the Illinois CountryJune 1778 | 113 |
Kaskaskia Illinois CountryJuly 4 1778 | 130 |
Vincennes Wabash Valley | 316 |
Kaskaskia Illinois CountryApril 1779 | 366 |
Kaskaskia Illinois CountryMay 1779 | 384 |
St Louis Upper Louisiana Territory | 394 |
Louisville KentuckySeptember 1779 | 401 |
St Louis Upper Louisiana Territory | 411 |
Cahokia Illinois CountryMay 29 1780 | 427 |
Ohio ValleyJune 14 1780 | 439 |
Kaskaskia Illinois CountryJuly 8 1778 | 154 |
St Louis Upper Louisiana Territory | 169 |
St Louis Upper Louisiana Territory | 198 |
DetroitAugust 1778 | 220 |
DetroitOctober 7 1778 | 242 |
Kaskaskia Illinois Country | 262 |
Ohio ValleyJuly 25 1780 | 445 |
St Louis Upper Louisiana Territory | 461 |
Locust Grove Kentucky1812 | 471 |
February 13 1818 | 483 |
Richmond Virginia1913 | 491 |
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