West from Shenandoah: A Scotch-Irish Family Fights for America, 1729-1781
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THOMAS A. LEWIS has lived in, studied, and written about the Shenandoah Valley for three decades. A former editor of Civil War magazine, he contributed regularly to National Wildlife. He is a longtime activist in environmental and historic preservation in the Shenandoah Valley.
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Acknowledgments.
List of Maps.
Introduction.
PARTONETHESCOTCH-IRISH.
Chapter 1 East Wind Rising, 1729.
Chapter 2 Finding America, 1730–1732.
Journal Coming to Shenandoah.
PARTTWOTHEFIRSTPEOPLE.
Chapter 3 Finding Jasper, 10,000 B.P.
Chapter 4 Leaving Shenandoah, 1400–1732.
Journal The Thunderbird Site.
PARTTHREETHELAND.
Chapter 5 Building Shenandoah, 1732–1739.
Chapter 6 The Land Grabbers, 1739–1753.
Journal Leisure Point.
PARTFOURTHEWARS.
Chapter 7 The French War, 1754–1758.
Chapter 8 The Indian Wars, 1759–1774.
Chapter 9 The English War, 1774–1781.
Journal The Legacy.
Bibliography.
Index.
