The Journals of George Washington & Christopher Gist: Mission to Fort Le Boeuf 1753-1754 - Kopper/Dixon

THE JOURNALS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AND CHRISTOPHER GIST: MISSION TO FORT LE BOEUF, 1753-1754, Second Edition. 2003 Edited & Annotated by Kevin Patrick Kopper, Foreword by David Dixon. Twenty-one-year-old George Washington was selected to undertake a dangerous diplomatic mission to the French who had trespassed onto English territory and established forts in the wilderness of western Pennsylvania. This journey set George Washington on the road to greatness. This book discloses the important role that he and his guide, Christopher Gist, played in the eventual English possession of the "Ohio Country", the area encompassing present-day western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio. Kevin Kopper brings a vast amount of experience to the task of annotating the Washington and Gist journals. He has meshed the two documents to form a seamless recounting of the expedition. He has also undertaken a considerable amount of research in order to identify individuals mentioned in the diaries and locate physical features described by Washington and Gist. In all, readers will be delighted with this engaging new edition that relates this important episode in America's early history. 67 pp, 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 Softbound