"No man knows this country better" : the frontier life of John Gibson /

"No man knows this country better" : the frontier life of John Gibson /

"John Gibson is an unheralded hero among our nation's Founding Fathers. He worked with seven Presidents, knew a dozen Continental Army generals, and served as an officer of increasing rank in every frontier conflict between 1758 and 1813. During the American Revolution, he led a regiment a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Gary S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Akron, Ohio : University of Akron Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Ohio history and culture.
Subjects:
Gibson, John, > 1740-1822.
United States. > Continental Army. > Virginia Regiment, 6th.
1775-1783
Frontier and pioneer life > Indiana.
Frontier and pioneer life > Pennsylvania.
Pioneers > Indiana > Biography.
Governors > Indiana > Biography.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > Biography.
Biographies
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Table of Contents:
  • Growing Up in Lancaster, 1740-1758
  • Frontier Adventure, 1758-1764
  • Indian Trader, 1765-1774
  • Dunmore's War and Beginnings of Revolution, 1774-1776
  • Williamsburg to Valley Forge, 1776-1778
  • Action in the Western Department, 1778-1780
  • Tension in the Western Department, 1781-1782
  • Peacetime Pittsburgh, 1783-1790
  • Whiskey Rebellion and Job Search, 1790-1800
  • Indiana Territory Stage One, 1800-1805
  • Indiana Territory Stage Two, 1806-1811
  • Wartime Governor, 1812-1813
  • Final Years, 1814-1822.

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