The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769–1784 by George D. Wolf studies a frontier community in Pennsylvania who, living beyond the bounds of formal government, devised their own “Fair Play” system of self-rule to settle land disputes. The work is a focused study in frontier ethnography and local history.
Set in the era of the American Revolution, it illuminates how settlers organized justice and property in the absence of established authority. The book offers a detailed picture of frontier social order. This free EPUB edition presents the complete text for readers of early American and frontier history.