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"Written by an eyewitness; it is the most valuable book we have on old-time frontier ways and customs." -The Complete Works of Theodore Roosevelt (2017)"Drawn from original sources, mostly of personal observation or from the actors in the Border Wars he depicts." -An Essay Towards an Indian Bibliography (2009)"John Doddridge settled in Washington county, Pa., on the Ohio River...in 1773...his son...was author of...a valuable antiquarian work." -Indian Wars (2018)"Doddrige claimed that a backwoodsman seldom hears this expression Indian summer without feeling a chill of horror." -Beneath the Second Sun (2003)At age four, Joseph Doddridge and his family moved to the frontier, country of Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1773. Doddridge is now most famous as an author of books dealing with Indian life, including his most important work was Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars of the Western Parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania from 1763 to 1783, Inclusive. Theodore Roosevelt was highly impressed with this book, calling it ‘‘the most valuable book we have on old-time frontier ways and customs.’’ Other books by Doddridge include: Logan, the Last of the Race of Shikellemus, Chief of the Cayauga Nation. Doddridge's books are a highly significant source for understanding Western Virginia's rugged history.
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- Title: Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars of the Western Parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania, from 1763 to 1783, Inclusive: Together with a View of the State ... Society, and Manners of the First Settlers
- Author : Joseph Doddridge
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