Devil's Backbone Story of the Natchez Trace

With a history as dark and bloody as any inour nation, the Natchez Trace has always been more than just a thoroughfare.Growing out of a need for a return route for flatboats that floated down theMississippi, the Trace winds up from Natchez, Mississippi, through Alabama andends in Nashville, Tennessee.From the start, the Natchez Trace was alive with rugged pioneers,politicians, ladies of fashion, settlers, soldiers, and robbers. You'll learnabout the trail and the notable figures who traversed it, such as Aaron Burr,Andrew Jackson, George Washington, Daniel Boone, and Meriwether Lewis, whosedeath on the Trace is still a mystery.Leading all the way to Texas, the Natchez Trace was the road for troopsgoing to the Battle of New Orleans, the path walked by the men who were to dieat the Alamo, and an escape route for slaves.The Devil's Backbone is chock full of the ever-changing paradeof travelers along the Natchez Trace. The author tells the story of the peoplewho built America, crossing a wilderness to create a nation.Author Jonathan Daniels was a newspaper editor in Raleigh, North Carolina, ahistorian, a public servant, and an expert on the Old and New South. He wrote anumber of other books and contributed to such magazines as Harper's andThe Saturday Evening Post .Daniels, Jonathan is the author of 'Devil's Backbone Story of the Natchez Trace' with ISBN 9780882894386 and ISBN 0882894382.