Kentucke's Frontiers

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Kentucke's Frontiers
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AuthorCraig Thompson Friend
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEarly American history
GenreNon-fiction, history
Publisher Indiana University Press
Publication date
2010
Pages400
ISBN 978-0253355195
Website IUP Page

Kentucke's Frontiers is a book by Craig Thompson Friend published in 2010 by Indiana University Press. Starting from the 1720s to the conclusion of the War of 1812, Kentucke's Frontiers explores the political, military, and social history of the Kentucky frontier and how these came together to shape the public memory of frontier Kentucky. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

The work is part of the A History of the Trans-Appalachian Frontier series edited by Malcolm J. Rohrbough.

Structure

The work contains normal front material, including a foreword by Walter Nugent and Malcolm J. Rohrbough, followed by a preface by the author and eight chapters:

  1. The Indians' Frontiers
  2. Colonial Kentucke
  3. Revolutions
  4. Peopling Kentucke
  5. Seeking Security and Stability
  6. From Kentucke to Kentucky
  7. An Old South Frontier
  8. Remembering

The work concludes with an epilogue and an Essays on Sources. [4]

Academic journal reviews

About the author

Craig Thompson Friend is the author of numerous works on Kentucky and southern United States history. In addition to Kentucke’s Frontiers, they are the author of Along the Maysville Road: The Early Republic in the Trans-Appalachian West , and coauthor of the second edition of A New History of Kentucky . He is a professor of history at North Carolina State University. [5] [6]

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    Citations

    1. ↑ Barksdale, Kevin T. (2011). "Reviewed work: Kentucke's Frontiers, Craig Thompson Friend". The Journal of American History. 98 (2): 503–504. doi:10.1093/jahist/jar194. JSTOR   41509979.
    2. ↑ Smith, John David (2011). "Reviewed work: Kentucke's Frontiers, Craig Thompson Friend". The North Carolina Historical Review. 88 (4): 436–437. JSTOR   23523605.
    3. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Benjamin (2011). "Reviewed work: Kentucke's Frontiers, Craig Thompson Friend". Journal of the Early Republic. 31 (3): 515–517. doi:10.1353/jer.2011.0042. JSTOR   41261638. S2CID   144882270.
    4. ↑ "Kentucke's Frontiers", Indiana University Press, retrieved 22 August 2023
    5. ↑ "Author Biography", Indiana University Press, retrieved 24 August 2023
    6. ↑ "Craig Thompson Friend", University of Kentucky Press, retrieved 24 August 2023
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