Background to Glory

"Bakeless has... brighten[ed] the name and record of George Rogers Clark. He has told the life story fully, accurately, sometimes with suspense and drama, and he shows how this one man's shadow falls across all of the Old Northwest."-Walter Havighurst, Chicago Sunday Tribune. The engrossing quality of the story comes . . . from the sense of urgency which Mr. Bakeless brings to these tales of small wars for huge stakes. The pace is further enlivened by a sure mastery of his material-by fascinating, sometimes horrifying details about frontier skullduggery, spying, bluffing, financing, drinking, and of course, killing. There is, in addition, humor."-David Lavender, New York Herald Tribune Book Review.George Rogers Clark came out of Virginia to lead a frontier militia during the Revolutionary War. Fighting against the British and the Indians in the Illinois country, he scored impressive victories at Kaskaskia and Vincennes. His eventful life is brought to the fore in Background to Glory by John Bakeless, the author of Daniel Boone: Master of the Wilderness, also a Bison Book.In a new introduction, James Ronda judiciously assesses Clark's place in American history. A professor of history at the University of Tulsa, Ronda is the author of the widely ac-claimed Lewis and Clark among the Indians (1984) and Astoria and Empire (1990).Bakeless, John is the author of 'Background to Glory' with ISBN 9780803261051 and ISBN 0803261055.