In "Perilous Paths," author George G. McClellan seamlessly
combines history, biography, and story as he narrates the early
history of our country's movement from the east to the west through
the eyes of Robert McClellan as he experiences successes and
failures along the way.
This story focuses on one small but important piece of the
history after the Revolutionary War. It tells of real, rugged men
like McClellan-a son of Ulster Scots immigrants born near
Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1770-who performed tasks in harsh
conditions that would be considered dangerous, even foolhardy,
today. Perilous Paths follows the footsteps made by McClellan from
his youthful days as an army packer to his exploits as an Indian
scout, army ranger, and spy. It details how he fought alongside
Lewis and Clark, gained an education in reading and arithmetic for
the army quartermaster corps, and then moved west to Missouri and
succumbed to the lure of the unknown, entering Indian country where
he trapped furs and traded with the Indians of what would
eventually become the American Midwest.
Marking the trials, tribulations and hardships, this history
highlights McClellan's independence of character, the hardships he
faced, and his desperate survival against unknown odds with a
rugged determination to succeed.
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