Kentucky Book Fair 2004 What was it like for early pioneers to migrate to the Ohio Valley? RUNNING MAD FOR KENTUCKY; FRONTIER TRAVEL ACCOUNTS, edited by Ellen Eslinger, features more than a dozen firsthand accounts of travelers as they crossed the Appalachian Mountains in the 18th century. While many published travel diaries focused on the Overland Trail to California, Eslinger highlights an often overlooked part of Kentucky and frontier history. Surviving trans-Appalachian accounts are rare, and those in this volume describe the journey over Daniel Boone's Wilderness Road and down the Ohio River toward the "New Eden" of Kentucky. Settlers often found the route west fraught with danger, and they describe the challenges and hardships faced during their travels. Eslinger is a professor of history at DePaul University in Chicago. Shared by Ivan D. Lancaster of TRAFALGAR Member of The Board of Directors of The Boone Society and a member of The Daniel Boone and Frontier Families Association.