Chronicles of the Cumberland Settlements, 1779-1796

[LRB]

A fantastic new book by Paul Clements. This is a book compiling over two thousand actual events from first person accounts in the region from the early 18th c. into the 19th c. A vivid eye opener to the horrors and suffering of frontier warfare these early settlers endured. Eleven years in the making and data gathering. I was able to scan through and read some of it at The Fort Bledsoe Colonial Fair in TN over the weekend, and got to meet the author. A quite large and thick book, and at a very modest price. Search it out and you can read some of the accounts on the web page for yourself.

 

[ed zeransky]

Sounds like a good one!

 

[steve free]

There is an interview with the author on youtube, that lasts more than an hour and a half. I really want to read this book. I have read about some of the people, and events that he talks about in it, and they are very interesting.