POINT PLEASANT 1774 Prelude to the American Revolution by John F. Winkler Illustrated by Peter Dennis. Softbound, 96 pages. In 1774, war between the American colonists and British was rapidly approaching. As this threat grew, a different conflict had already broken out. Escalating tensions between Virginia settlers and Indians exploded into Lord Dunmore’s War and the decisive battle was Point Pleasant. Dunmore and Colonel Lewis led a militia army in a two-pronged attack on the Shawnee and Mingo tribes in the Ohio Valley. On October 10, 1774, the Indians under Shawnee chief Cornstalk struck first at what is now Point Pleasant, WV. After a furious battle, Cornstalk’s warriors were thrown back and perused by Dunmore and Lewis to the Shawnee Villages. There the Indians were forced to agree to American settlement of what is now West Virginia and Kentucky. A detailed and lavishly illustrated account of this important battle.     No.  703530