Draws on contemporary accounts to create a portrait of the frontier hero and the times he helped shape
An addition to the Who Was series recounts the life of Daniel Boone, most famous for opening up the West to settlers through Kentucky, and shows how he became a symbol of America's pioneering spirit. Original.
This two-part tale features reminiscences in the legendary frontiersman's own words and a profile of his entire life, with exciting accounts of blazing the Wilderness Road and serving as a militiaman during the Revolutionary War.
My Father, Daniel Boone is an engaging account of one of America's great pioneers, in which Nathan makes a point of separating fact from fiction.
In search of a land to call his own, Daniel Boone (1734-1820) fearlessly led a band of brave settlers into bountiful Kentucky wilderness, where his heroic accomplishments on the frontier made him an American legend for all time.
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Russell had recruited among the Clinch River settlements. He calculated that their ... It took two weeks to cover the hundred or so miles between Russell's homestead and the Kane Gap at Powell Mountain. Boone's scouts had already ...
Thirty lifelike, captioned drawings chronicle the adventure-packed life of the famed American hunter, trapper, and explorer. Scenes of Boone in the wild, withstanding Indian attacks, and more.
A true life account first published in the early 1800s.
The retelling made the book one of the best-selling biographies of the 1800s, was the inspiration for literary figures like Davy Crockett, Don Juan, and Tarzan, and continues to influence the public picture of the nature man type even today ...