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Trans Allegheny Pioneers By John P. Hale Paperback, 530 pagesTrans Allegheny Pioneers tells the story of the first white settlements west of the Alleghenies. The book focuses on the history of the Ingles family, and on the heroic Mary Draper Ingles, best-known for her courageous escape from Indian captivity. The book also contains historical illustrations of Ingles descendants and other figures important to the settlement of the region.
This is the full 530 page third edition with a new preface by Brooks F. McCabe, Jr, and also includes the full prefaces to the second and third edition. This wealth of front matter gives the best possible context to this classic book.
Trans-Allegheny Pioneers is rich in historical context and descriptions of the life and times of early settlers in West Virginia's Kanawha Valley. Beginning with Mary Draper Ingles ordeal in the 1750's and continuing to the turn of the 19th Century, it was a time of dramatic cultural and economic change. Hale's book provides a personal… Read More
