Amazing Stories from the History of Ohio

ISBN-13: 9788028358402 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str.

William Dean Howells

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Content: - The Ice Folk and the Earth Folk - Ohio as a Part of France - Ohio Becomes English - The Forty Years' War for the West - The Captivity of James Smith - The Captivity of Boone and Kenton - The Renegades - The Wickedest Deed in Our History - The Torture of Colonel Crawford - The Escape of Knight and Slover - The Indian Wars and St. Clair's Defeat - The Indian Wars and Wayne's Victory - Indian Fighters - Later Captivities - Indian Heroes and Sages - Life in the Backwoods - The First Great Settlements - The State of Ohio in the War of 1812 - A Foolish Man, a Philosopher, and a Fanatic - Ways Out - The Fight With Slavery - The Civil War in Ohio - Famous Ohio Soldiers - Ohio Statesmen - Other Notable Ohioans - Incidents and Characteristics - William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author, historian, literary critic, and playwright.