Ark of Empire: The American Frontier: 1784-1803 by the late Dale Van Every, an early Hollywood screenwriter and film producer, is the 3rd volume in the The Frontier People of America quartet of vintage histories of the western US in the 18th and 19th centuries, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press.
This was originally published in 1977 by Arno Press.
This volume looks at the post-Revolutionary War period and the expansion from the Appalachians to the Mississippi River, covering conflicts with competing British and Spanish interests, as well as the local Native Americans, with chapters devoted to various influential characters from all sides such as Mohawk leader Joseph Brant half-Scottish métis Creek leader Alexander McGillivray and others who shaped the West, as well as the ordinary settlers of Kentucky and Tennessee.
Offered worldwide, available at Amazon.