| Massacre of the Conestogas: On the Trail of the Paxton Boys in Lancaster County Contributor(s): Brubaker, Jack (Author) |
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ISBN: 1609490614 ISBN-13: 9781609490614 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - History | Native American |
| Dewey: 974.802 |
| LCCN: 2010039382 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A blow-by-blow account of the Conestoga Indians massacre, the aftermath and how the perpetrators got away with it. On two chilly December days in 1763, bands of armed men raged through camps of peaceful Conestoga Indians and killed 20 women, children and men to effectively wipe out the tribe. These murderous rampages by Lancaster County's Paxton Boys were the culminating tragedies in a series of traded atrocities between European settlers and native tribes. Lancaster journalist Jack Brubaker allows the bloody trail left by the killers through the Pennsylvania countryside. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brubaker, Jack: - Jack Brubaker is a columnist and investigative reporter for Lancaster Newspapers. He has written six historical books, including Remembering Lancaster County, published by The History Press earlier this year. He lives with his wife, Christine, in Lancaster County's Manor Township, not far from where the Paxton Boys massacred the Conestoga Indians nearly 250 years ago. |