“We cannot thoroughly understand our own history, local or National, without some knowledge of these routes of trade and war.”—The Outlook.The Historic Highways of AmericabyArcher Butler HulbertA series of monographs on the History of America as portrayed in the evolution of its highways of War, Commerce, and Social Expansion.Comprising the following volumes:IPaths of the Mound-Building Indians and Great Game Animals.IIIndian Thoroughfares.IIIWashington’s Road: The First Chapter of the Old French War.IVBraddock’s Road.VThe Old Glade (Forbes’s) Road.VIBoone’s Wilderness Road.VIIPortage Paths: The Keys of the ContinentVIIIMilitary Roads of the Mississippi Basin.IXWaterways of Westward Expansion.XThe Cumberland Road.XI, XIIPioneer Roads of America, two volumes.XIII, XIVThe Great American Canals, two volumes.XVThe Future of Road-Making in America.XVIIndex.Sixteen volumes, crown 8vo, cloth, uncut, gilt tops.A limited editiononly printed direct from type, and the type distributed. Each volume handsomely printed in large type on Dickinson’s hand-made paper, and illustrated with maps, plates, and facsimiles.Published a volume each two months, beginning September, 1902.Price, volumes 1 and 2, $2.00 net each; volumes 3 to 16, $2.50 net each.Fifty sets printed on large paper, each numbered andsigned by the author. Bound in cloth, with paper label, uncut, gilt tops. Price, $5.00 net per volume.“The fruit not only of the study of original historical sources in documents found here and in England, but of patient and enthusiastic topographical studies, in the course of which every foot of these old historic highways has been traced and traversed.”—The Living Age.“The volumes already issued show Mr. Hulbert to be an earnest and enthusiastic student, and a reliable guide.”—Out West.“A look through these volumes shows most conclusively that a new source of history is being developed—a source which deals with the operation of the most effective causes influencing human affairs.”—Iowa Journal of History and Politics.“The successive volumes in the series may certainly be awaited with great interest, for they promise to deal with the most romantic phases of the awakening of America at the dawn of occidental civilization.”—Boston Transcript.“The publishers have done their part toward putting forth with proper dignity this important work. It is issued on handsome paper and is illustrated with many maps, diagrams, and old prints.”—Chicago Evening Post.
“We cannot thoroughly understand our own history, local or National, without some knowledge of these routes of trade and war.”—The Outlook.
“We cannot thoroughly understand our own history, local or National, without some knowledge of these routes of trade and war.”—The Outlook.
The Historic Highways of America
byArcher Butler Hulbert
A series of monographs on the History of America as portrayed in the evolution of its highways of War, Commerce, and Social Expansion.
A series of monographs on the History of America as portrayed in the evolution of its highways of War, Commerce, and Social Expansion.
Comprising the following volumes:
Sixteen volumes, crown 8vo, cloth, uncut, gilt tops.A limited editiononly printed direct from type, and the type distributed. Each volume handsomely printed in large type on Dickinson’s hand-made paper, and illustrated with maps, plates, and facsimiles.
Published a volume each two months, beginning September, 1902.
Price, volumes 1 and 2, $2.00 net each; volumes 3 to 16, $2.50 net each.
Fifty sets printed on large paper, each numbered andsigned by the author. Bound in cloth, with paper label, uncut, gilt tops. Price, $5.00 net per volume.
“The fruit not only of the study of original historical sources in documents found here and in England, but of patient and enthusiastic topographical studies, in the course of which every foot of these old historic highways has been traced and traversed.”—The Living Age.“The volumes already issued show Mr. Hulbert to be an earnest and enthusiastic student, and a reliable guide.”—Out West.“A look through these volumes shows most conclusively that a new source of history is being developed—a source which deals with the operation of the most effective causes influencing human affairs.”—Iowa Journal of History and Politics.“The successive volumes in the series may certainly be awaited with great interest, for they promise to deal with the most romantic phases of the awakening of America at the dawn of occidental civilization.”—Boston Transcript.“The publishers have done their part toward putting forth with proper dignity this important work. It is issued on handsome paper and is illustrated with many maps, diagrams, and old prints.”—Chicago Evening Post.
“The fruit not only of the study of original historical sources in documents found here and in England, but of patient and enthusiastic topographical studies, in the course of which every foot of these old historic highways has been traced and traversed.”—The Living Age.
“The volumes already issued show Mr. Hulbert to be an earnest and enthusiastic student, and a reliable guide.”—Out West.
“A look through these volumes shows most conclusively that a new source of history is being developed—a source which deals with the operation of the most effective causes influencing human affairs.”—Iowa Journal of History and Politics.
“The successive volumes in the series may certainly be awaited with great interest, for they promise to deal with the most romantic phases of the awakening of America at the dawn of occidental civilization.”—Boston Transcript.
“The publishers have done their part toward putting forth with proper dignity this important work. It is issued on handsome paper and is illustrated with many maps, diagrams, and old prints.”—Chicago Evening Post.