Author: Dale Van Every

Publisher: Bantam A1144

Year: 1953 Print: 1  Cover Price: $.35

Condition: Book Grades: Very Good. Light wear 

Genre: Fiction/Western

Pages: 343

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"Westward the River" by Dale Van Every tells the story of Sarah Kingsley, who returns from England to seek her father, a former Tory, who has established a plantation in Natchez. She travels by river barge and becomes entangled in a conspiracy involving renegade Americans, river pirates, and Shawnee Indians, all vying for control of the Louisiana Territory. The novel explores the dangers and complexities of westward expansion in early America, highlighting the clash of cultures and the fight for power and survival.