Long Knife

TitleLong Knife
Year of Publication1979
Publication TypeNovel
Number of Pages or Episodes593 p.
LanguageEnglish
AuthorsThom, James Alexander
PublisherAvon Books
CityNew York
KeywordsAmerican Revolutionary War; Black Americans; Edward Hand (1744-1802); explorers; generals; George Rogers Clark (1752-1818); Native Americans; soldiers
Abstract

A novelized biography of George Rogers Clark (1752-1818), an explorer, frontiersman, soldier, and “Conqueror of the Old Northwest.” A few chapters take place in 1770s Ft. Pitt, Pittsburgh, and the Upper Ohio River Valley.

Author Biography

James Thom (1933— ) is an Indiana writer known well for his historical Westerns which have sold more than two million copies. He served in the U. S. Marines in Korea.

Time

1770s-1800s