That Dark and Bloody River: Chronicles of the Ohio River Valley Book

They had defeated the French and now the English possessed the vast North American Empire. Soldiers, traders, settlers—all began the trek across the wilderness to claim the land and its riches. Against this relentless tide Indian warriors rose up in bitter fury exploded in the bloody battle for the conquest of the Northwest territory.

'Reading Eckert is like listening to a master storyteller: he presents his material in vivid detail, using the novelist's technique to enhance dramatic events.'— Publishers Weekly

The Ohio River is one of America's great waterways. From 1755, the Ohio would lead a few intrepid explorers and surveyors into a land of vast abundance. But that land was already home to a vast array of Indians who vowed to defend their land against the seemingly unstoppable influx of settlers, beginning a full-scale war that would last for generations.