Kennebec: Cradle of Americans (The Rivers of America Series)

x, 292 pp. The first volume in the popular The Rivers of America series. Illustrated by Maitland de Gogorza. "Few Americans realize what a stirring and important part the Kennebec has played in the American story. The vessels built along its shores sailed the seas of the world and bold Kennebec Yankees went out to help pioneer a continent. Ragged little armies of colonial settlers tramped its valley to fight off the French and Indians from their homes. Benedict Arnold's grim expedition to Canada marched up the reaches of the Kennebec. But even so dark a story is brightened by romance in this richly varied book; the author has unearthed a fascinating and hitherto unknown tale of Aaron Burr's love affair with a Kennebec maid."