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So Close From Home:
The Legacy of Brownsboro Road
By Lynn S. Renau
$30.00 Paperback, illustrated
In 1774 Virginia surveyors divided eastern
Jefferson County into 1000-acre tracts for speculators
who bought up land rights George III's government awarded
to French and Indian War veterans. By 1786 George Rogers
Clark's family, William Croghan, Richard Taylor, Richard
Terrell, Frederick Edwards, and those they enslaved,
were beginning to develop that land. A decade later,
John Herr and George Rudy, blacksmiths and farmers from
Pennsylvania, settled here as well. So Close From
Home: The Legacy of Brownsboro Road traces the
multi-faceted story of this diverse community. The 512-page
book has a 20-page index and comprehensive resource
listing.
 George
Rogers Clark and Locust Grove
By Gwynne Tuell Potts and Samuel W. Thomas
$39.95 Hardback, fully illustrated
The story of George Rogers Clark's role
in the American Revolution in the West and its aftermath;
and of the house, Locust Grove, that became his final
home. Locust Grove, built c. 1790, was the farm of William
and Lucy Clark Croghan, and was restored and made into
a museum in the 1960s. More information on this book
is available here.
 Dear
Brother
Edited by James Holmberg
$35.00 Hardback
$18.00 Trade Paperback
Letters from William Clark to his oldest
brother Jonathan Clark and others concerning the Corps
of Discovery, family matters and everyday business dating
between 1792 and 1811 are presented and explained by
James Holmberg giving valuable insights into Jeffersonian
America.
 From
Sea to Shining Sea
By James Alexander Thom
$7.99 Mass Market Paperback
In one generation, the Clark family of
Virginia fought for our nation’s independence
and explored, conquered and settled the continent from
sea to shining sea. This powerfully written book re-creates
the warm life of the family, the dangers of the battlefield,
the journeys across an untamed wilderness and the soul-stirring
Lewis and Clark expedition. This mighty epic is a fitting
tribute to Ann Rogers Clark, her husband John, and the
ten sons and daughters they nurtured and inspired.
 Long
Knife
By James Alexander Thom
$7.99 Mass Market Paperback
Two centuries ago, with the support of
the young Revolutionary government, George Rogers Clark
led a small but fierce army west from Virginia to conquer
all the territory between the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
He battled British, forged friendships with French and
Spanish settlers, and made treaties with many Indian
tribes who revered the lanky, re-haired white man and
called him Long Knife.
 George
Rogers Clark and the War in the West
By Lowell H. Harrison
$16.00 Trade Paperback
Less familiar to most Americans than the
battlegrounds of the East during the American Revolution,
but equally important and exciting, was the war on the
western frontier, where Ohio Valley settlers fought
for the land they had claimed. George Rogers Clark stepped
up to organize the local militias into a united front
that would defend the western frontier from Indian attacks.
Clark saw the importance of the West in the war effort
as a whole, and he persuaded Virginia’s government
to lend support to his efforts. As a result Clark was
able to cross the Ohio, saving that part of the frontier
from further raids. Lowell Harrison captures the excitement
of this vital part of American history while giving
a complete view of George Rogers Clark’s significant
achievements.
 They
Came to Locust Grove
By Melzie Wilson
$34.95 Hardcover
Over a span of 60 years, 5 generations
of the Clark and Croghan families came to Locust Grove
in Louisville, KY. The soldiers, entrepreneurs, wives,
socialites and philanthropists, their everyday lives,
romances and tragedies are chronicled in this book.
Within these generations of Americans were some of the
people who had an impact on the developing nation, as
well as Mammoth Caves and Churchill Downs in Kentucky.
 Clark's
Kentucky Almanac and Book of Facts 2006
Edited by Sam Stevens
Forward by Thomas D. Clark
$19.95 Trade Paperback
This book is comprehensive, with contemporary
and historical information, infused with many photos,
facts and archival treasures that make up the rich and
exciting history of Kentucky.
The Life of George Rogers Clark,
1752-1818
By Kenneth K. Carstens and Nancy Son Carstens
$104.95 hardbound cloth
This book offers a comprehensive portrait
of General George Rogers Clark, his physical surroundings
and the conditions of his times. Eighteen chapters,
written by fourteen scholars unravel legends and myths
about Clark, while simultaneously contributing to his
mystique by fully examining the challenges he faced.
 “The
Calendar and Quartermaster Books of General George Rogers
Clark’s Ft. Jefferson, Kentucky 1780-1781”
compiled and edited by Kenneth C. Carstens
$31.00 paperback
This book contains records from the brief
existence of Ft Jefferson (1777-1781). The “calendar”
identifies documentation of the daily life of the post
mentioning 548 men and women and specifying their activities.
A valuable reference glossary of 18th century terms
is provided at the end of this section. The “Quartermaster
Books” of John Dodge and Martin Carney are reproduced
line by line from the original books. It contains 2731
line item entries, identifying more than 280 people
and providing references to the movements of military
companies, a catalog of arms, accoutrements, munitions,
commodities and dry goods issued for the support of
people at Ft. Jefferson and the civilian community of
Clarksville, Kentucky.
 George
Rogers Clark’s Fort Jefferson 1780-1781
By Kenneth C. Carstens
$33.50 paperback
George Rogers Clarks fort at the mouth
of the Ohio River represented Virginia’s physical
claim to her western eighteenth century border. It was
also the only eighteenth century military and civilian
settlement in Kentucky constructed at the command of
the Virginia government.
 The
Personnel of George Rogers Clark’s Ft Jefferson
and the Civilian Community of Clarksville (Kentucky),
1780-1781
By Kenneth C. Carstens
$24.00 paperback
Until now, only thirty-five persons were
thought to have occupied the frontier outpost known
as Fort Jefferson. Newly discovered records found in
the unpublished George Rogers Clark Papers at the Virginia
State Library prove that more than five hundred persons
garrisoned, lived, farmed and died in this remote settlement.
This book opens up a new window onto the lives of people
in frontier Kentucky, noting what kind of cloth they
required, what provisions were needed to outfit the
military population, who got married and who was court-martialed.
 Col.
George Rogers Clark’s Sketch of his Campaign in
the Illinois in 1778-9
by Col. Clark lightly edited by the publisher
$14.95 paperback
This is the original letter sent by Clark
to George Mason. It has been compiled with an introduction
by Henry Pirtle, an appendix containing the public and
private instructions from Patrick Henry to Col. Clark,
as well as Major Bowman’s journal of the taking
of post Vincennes. This memoir gives a glimpse into
George Rogers Clark’s sense of humor, in addition
to his thoughts on the campaign in the Old Northwest
Territory.
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