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The Devil's Backbone: Story of the Natchez Trace

The Devil's Backbone: Story of the Natchez Trace

by Jonathan Daniels

  • HISTORY
  • 1985
  • PAPER
  • 267 PAGES

A brief, pocket history of the development, exploration and settling of the Natchez Trace, which stretches from Natchez, Mississippi, across northwestern Alabama to Nashville. Originally published in 1962. It tells the story of the many notable figures who have made their mark on the Trace, including Aaron Burr, Andrew Jackson, George Washington, Daniel Boone, and Meriwether Lewis, whose death on the Trace is still a mystery.  (USS142, $12.95)


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