That Dark and Bloody River - (Mysteries & Horror) by Allan W Eckert (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The critically acclaimed, award-winning author of A Sorrow in Our Heart brings to life an event that marked a major turning point in the history of the American frontier--the settling of the Ohio River Valley. "Compelling reading--an epic narrative history".--Publishers Weekly.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>An award-winning author chronicles the settling of the Ohio River Valley, home to the defiant Shawnee Indians, who vow to defend their land against the seemingly unstoppable.<br></b><br>They came on foot and by horseback, in wagons and on rafts, singly and by the score, restless, adventurous, enterprising, relentless, seeking a foothold on the future. European immigrants and American colonists, settlers and speculators, soldiers and missionaries, fugitives from justice and from despair--pioneers all, in the great and inexorable westward expansion defined at its heart by the majestic flow of the Ohio River. This is their story, a chronicle of monumental dimension, of resounding drama and impact set during a pivotal era in our history: the birth and growth of a nation. <p/>Drawing on a wealth of research, both scholarly and anecdotal--including letters, diaries, and journals of the era--Allan W. Eckert has delivered a landmark of historical authenticity, unprecedented in scope and detail.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>A six-time Pulitzer Prize nominee, <b>Allan W. Eckert</b> is an Emmy Award-winning scriptwriter and a Newbery Honor author of books for young readers. He is also the author of the popular six-volume historical series <i>Narratives of America</i> and the creator of <i>Tecumseh!</i>, an outdoor drama staged regularly in Chillicothe, Ohio, that has played to more than a million people over the past 20 years.
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