George Rogers Clark

Released on by William Nester
preview-18

  • George Rogers Clark Book Detail

  • Author : William Nester
  • Release Date : 2012-11-20
  • Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
  • Genre : Biography & Autobiography
  • Pages : 400
  • ISBN 13 : 0806188138
  • File Size : 87,87 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

George Rogers Clark by William Nester PDF Summary

Book Description: George Rogers Clark (1752–1818) led four victorious campaigns against the Indians and British in the Ohio Valley during the American Revolution, but his most astonishing coup was recapturing Fort Sackville in 1779, when he was only twenty-six. For eighteen days, in the dead of winter, Clark and his troops marched through bone-chilling nights to reach the fort. With a deft mix of guile and violence, Clark led his men to triumph, without losing a single soldier. Although historians have ranked him among the greatest rebel commanders, Clark’s name is all but forgotten today. William R. Nester resurrects the story of Clark’s triumphs and his downfall in this, the first full biography of the man in more than fifty years. Nester attributes Clark’s successes to his drive and daring, good luck, charisma, and intellect. Born of a distinguished Virginia family, Clark wielded an acute understanding of human nature, both as a commander and as a diplomat. His interest in the natural world was an inspiration to lifelong friend Thomas Jefferson, who asked him in 1784 to lead a cross-country expedition to the Pacific and back. Clark turned Jefferson down. Two decades later, his youngest brother, William, would become the Clark celebrated as a member of the Corps of Discovery. By the beginning of the nineteenth century, though, George Rogers Clark may not have been fit to command any expedition. After the revolution, he raged against the government and pledged fealty to other nations, leading to his arrest under the Sedition Act. The inner demons that fueled Clark’s anger also drove him to excessive drinking. He died at the age of sixty-five, bitter, crippled, and alcoholic. He was, Nester shows, a self-destructive hero: a volatile, multidimensional man whose glorying in war ultimately engaged him in conflicts far removed from the battlefield and against himself.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own George Rogers Clark books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

George Rogers Clark

George Rogers Clark

File Size : 35,35 MB
Total View : 5901 Views
DOWNLOAD

George Rogers Clark (1752–1818) led four victorious campaigns against the Indians and British in the Ohio Valley during the American Revolution, but his most

George Rogers Clark and William Croghan

George Rogers Clark and William Croghan

File Size : 45,45 MB
Total View : 3720 Views
DOWNLOAD

This dual biography focuses on the lives of two very different men who fought for and settled the American West and whose vision secured the old Northwest Terri

The Fairest Portion of the Globe

The Fairest Portion of the Globe

File Size : 4,4 MB
Total View : 6672 Views
DOWNLOAD

La Louisiane--a land of riches beyond imagining. Whoever controls the vast domain along the Mississippi River will decide the fate of the North American contine

George Rogers Clark

George Rogers Clark

File Size : 81,81 MB
Total View : 6882 Views
DOWNLOAD

Part of the Young Patriots series, which includes Amelia Earhart, Young Air Pioneer (1882859049), Juliette Low, Girl Scout Founder (188285909X), and William Hen