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Last edited by Wesley Chadwick Truitt
October 27, 2023 | History

The Frontier

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Books about the ever-changing American frontier from its origins along the East Coast through eventually being pushed across the continent to the Pacific.

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  • Cover of: The Wilderness road to Kentucky
    First published in 1921 7 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition wildernessroadto00puse work

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  • Cover of: The border settlers of northwestern Virginia from 1768 to 1795

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  • Cover of: The frontier in American history.

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  • Cover of: Conquering the wilderness
    First published in 1883 3 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition conqueringwilder00tripuoft work

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  • Cover of: Forts on the Pennsylvania frontier, 1753-1758
    First published in 1960 2 editions — 1 previewable work

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  • Cover of: The Old Northwest
    First published in 1919 35 editions — 7 previewable Cover of edition cu31924030985562 Cover of edition peacockpiebookof00dela_1 Cover of edition oldnorthwestchro00oggfuoft Cover of edition oldnorthwest0000unse Cover of edition oldnorthwestach01ogggoog Cover of edition oldnorthwestach00ogggoog work

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  • Cover of: Trails of the pathfinders
    First published in 1911 10 editions — 3 previewable Cover of edition cihm_74353 Cover of edition trailsofpathfind00grin work

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  • Cover of: A collection of some of the most interesting narratives of Indian warfare in the West

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  • Cover of: Personal narrative of James O. Pattie of Kentucky

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  • Cover of: Pioneer life in the West
    First published in 1858 1 edition — 1 previewable work

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  • Cover of: Daniel Boone and the hunters of Kentucky
    First published in 1854 8 editions — 3 previewable Cover of edition danielboonehunte00bogar Cover of edition danielbooneandh02bogagoog work

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  • Cover of: Famous scouts, including trappers, pioneers, and soldiers of the frontier: their hazardous and exciting adventures in the mighty drama of the white conquest of the American continent

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  • Cover of: On the trail of the pioneers
    First published in 1920 1 edition — 1 previewable work

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  • Cover of: The Ohio Valley in colonial days
    First published in 1890 6 editions — 5 previewable Cover of edition ohiovalleyincolo00fern Cover of edition ohiovalleyincolo00fernuoft Cover of edition ohiovalleyincol00ferngoog Cover of edition ohiovalleyincolo0000fern work

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  • Cover of: Notes on the early settlement of the North-western territory

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  • Cover of: The forest runners: a story of the great war trail in early Kentucky

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  • Cover of: The wilderness and the war path
    First published in 1846 6 editions — 3 previewable Cover of edition wildernesswarpat00hallrich Cover of edition wildernesswarpat00hall work

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  • Cover of: History of the backwoods, or, The region of the Ohio
    First published in 1843 1 edition — 1 previewable work

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  • Cover of: Famous frontiersmen and heroes of the border

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  • Cover of: The Cumberland Road
    First published in 1904 4 editions — 1 previewable work

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  • Cover of: On the frontier
    First published in 1878 3 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition onfrontier00campgoog work

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  • Cover of: The red-blooded heroes of the frontier
    First published in 1910 4 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition rfronteirheroes00bronrich work

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  • Cover of: Winning The Southwest
    First published in 1912 3 editions — 1 previewable work

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  • Cover of: Famous frontiersmen, pioneers and scouts
    First published in 1880 5 editions — 1 previewable work

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  • Cover of: A history of the French war, ending in the conquest of Canada

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  • Cover of: In the wilds of the west coast
    First published in 1895 3 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition inwildsofwestcoa00oxleuoft work

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  • Cover of: The great North-West and the Great Lake region of North America

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  • Cover of: The frontiersman's pocket-book

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  • Cover of: Seventy years on the frontier
    First published in 1893 11 editions — 3 previewable Cover of edition seventyyearsonfr00majorich Cover of edition seventyyearsonfr00majo_0 work

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  • Cover of: The river of the West
    First published in 1870 16 editions — 5 previewable Cover of edition cihm_16342 Cover of edition riverofwestlifea00vict Cover of edition riverofwestlifea00victuoft Cover of edition riverofwestadven0000vict work

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  • Cover of: Travels in the great western prairies: the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains and in the Oregon territory

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  • Cover of: The Harpe's head: a legend of Kentucky.
    First published in 1833 6 editions — 1 previewable work

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  • Cover of: The romance of western history: or, Sketches of history, life, and manners, in the West.

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  • Cover of: My sixty years on the plains, trapping trading, and Indian fighting

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  • Cover of: American scenery
    First published in 1854 1 edition — 1 previewable work

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  • Cover of: Following the frontier.

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  • Cover of: A frontiersman
    First published in 1911 1 edition — 1 previewable work

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  • Cover of: Ti-Ti-Pu, a boy of Red River
    First published in 1899 2 editions — 1 previewable work

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  • Cover of: In the old West
    First published in 1915 4 editions — 3 previewable Cover of edition inoldwest01ruxt Cover of edition inoldwest00ruxtrich work

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  • Cover of: Tales of the border
    First published in 1835 5 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition talesofborder0000hall work

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  • Cover of: The hunting grounds of the great West
    First published in 1877 3 editions — 3 previewable Cover of edition huntinggroundsof00dodgrich Cover of edition huntinggroundsg00blacgoog work

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  • Cover of: The wolf hunters
    First published in 1914 3 editions — 3 previewable Cover of edition wolfhuntersstory00peck Cover of edition wolfhuntersasto00peckgoog work

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  • Cover of: The old Santa Fé trail
    First published in 1897 11 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition oldsantaftrails00remigoog work

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  • Cover of: The prairie schooner
    First published in 1918 7 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition prairieschoone00hook work

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  • Cover of: Wild turkeys and tallow candles
    First published in 1920 3 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition wildturkeystallo0000haye work

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  • Cover of: Daniel Boone and the Wilderness Road
    First published in 1910 5 editions — 4 previewable Cover of edition danielboonewilde01bruc Cover of edition danielboonewilde00bruc Cover of edition danielbooneandw00brucgoog work

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  • Cover of: Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains

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  • Cover of: Wah-to-yah and the Taos Trail
    First published in 1850 13 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition wahtoyahtaostrai0000garr work

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  • Cover of: Pathfinding on plain and prairie: stirring scenes of life in the Canadian North-west.

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  • Cover of: On western trails in the early seventies: frontier pioneer life in the Canadian Northwest

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