. The Big Sandy Valley. A history of the people and country from the earliest settlement to the present time. NEW YORK •:• CINCINNATI •:• CHICAGOAMERICAN BOOK COMPANY r^s^ COPYEIGHT, 1912, BY JAMES OTIS at Stationers Hall, London, HANNAH OF KENTXTCKT. w. p. I ^ £aA320189 FOREWORD The author of this series of stories for childrenhas endeavored simply to show why and how thedescendants of the early colonists fought their waythrough the wilderness in search of new homes. Theseveral narratives deal with the struggles of thoseadventurous people who forced their way westward,ever westw
. The Big Sandy Valley. A history of the people and country from the earliest settlement to the present time. NEW YORK •:• CINCINNATI •:• CHICAGOAMERICAN BOOK COMPANY r^s^ COPYEIGHT, 1912, BY JAMES OTIS at Stationers Hall, London, HANNAH OF KENTXTCKT. w. p. I ^ £aA320189 FOREWORD The author of this series of stories for childrenhas endeavored simply to show why and how thedescendants of the early colonists fought their waythrough the wilderness in search of new homes. Theseveral narratives deal with the struggles of thoseadventurous people who forced their way westward,ever westward, whether in hope of gain or in answerto the call of the wild, and who, in so doing,wrote their names with their blood across thiscountry of ours from the Ohio to the Columbia. To excite in the hearts of the young people ofthis land a desire to know more regarding the build-ing up of this great nation, and at the same timeto entertain in such a manner as may stimulate tonoble deeds, is the real aim of these stories. In themthere is nothing of romance, but only a careful,truthful record of the
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