The Frontiersmen
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The Frontiersmen
| Full title | The Frontiersmen: A Narrative |
|---|---|
| Author | Allan W. Eckert |
| Published | 1967 |
| Pages | 672 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Eckert’s documentary novel of the Ohio Valley between the 1750s and 1810s, following Simon Kenton and Tecumseh through the settlement of the Northwest Territory. The first of his Winning of America sequence, and the usual answer when someone asks for frontier history written as narrative. |
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @moseskagan — an answer (as “The Frontiersman”) when he asked “What historical fiction should I read next? (Bonus points for something involving building or trade, rather than violence)” in his thread, April 2025. The full list of answers is on What historical fiction should I… (tweet).
About this edition
The reply named “The Frontiersman” in the singular, so the identification is inferred: Eckert’s The Frontiersmen is the title that fits a historical-fiction thread, but there are modern novels with the singular title and the thread does not settle it.
Connections
- Frontier — the Ohio Valley as the first American frontier.
- Historical Fiction — the genre the thread was asking about.
- What historical fiction should I… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.
What links here
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