9780892711536-0892711531-Indian Paths of Pennsylvania

Indian Paths of Pennsylvania

ISBN-13: 9780892711536
ISBN-10: 0892711531
Edition: reprint edition
Author: Paul A W Wallace
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Format: Paperback 240 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780892711536
ISBN-10: 0892711531
Edition: reprint edition
Author: Paul A W Wallace
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Format: Paperback 240 pages

Summary

Indian Paths of Pennsylvania (ISBN-13: 9780892711536 and ISBN-10: 0892711531), written by authors Paul A W Wallace, was published by The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in 2018. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other Native American (Americas History, State & Local, United States History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Indian Paths of Pennsylvania (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Native American books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.58.

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Since its original publication in 1965, Indian Paths of Pennsylvania has remained the standard volume for charting the foot trails forged and followed in Pennsylvania by Native Americans, documenting an era of interaction between Indians and European settlers in the 17th and 18th centuries. With the advent of European settlement, the Indian trails that laced the wilderness were so well-situated that there was little reason to forsake them until the age of the automobile. The trails that traverse the mountains “kept the level” so well that they remain an engineering curiosity. Equally as remarkable are the complexity of the system and its adaptability to changing seasons and weather.

This book describes 131 paths with maps, history, significant points along the way, and information on approximating the course of the trails by automobile. Five appendices trace other historically significant routes such as the Forbes Road and George Washington’s 1753 path to Fort LeBoeuf. A new foreword by Kurt W. Carr, senior curator of archaeology at The State Museum of Pennsylvania, sets the work in context and provides insight on a volume that remains valuable for historians, anthropologists, archaeologists, and anyone interested in Pennsylvania history.

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