Promised Land: How the Midwest Was Won

An exciting story about the Revolutionary War veterans who settled Kentucky, Ohio and Cincinnati when it was known as "The Miami Slaughterhouse" because of the savage depredations by the Miami and Shawnee tribes. Read about: ancient serpent-worshipers; how Cincinnati saved Texas in 1836; the secret Knights of the Golden Circle who plotted to create a slave empire; how "Mad Anthony" Wayne tamed the Northwest Territory and created Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin; the harrowing adventures of a young boy who was taken by the Shawnees.