Download or read book George Washington in the Ohio Valley written by Hugh Cleland and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book chronicles Washington's excursions to the Ohio Valley frontier, as a soldier and private citizen. Through newspaper accounts, letters, and the journals of Washington and his contemporaries, we learn much about the man's leadership qualities, military skills, his honor and integrity, and how his life was shaped by his journeys that spanned nearly half a century to what was then known as the Western Country.