My Father, Daniel Boone: The Draper Interviews with Nathan Boone

My Father, Daniel Boone: The Draper Interviews with Nathan Boone
ISBN-10
0813121035
ISBN-13
9780813121031
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
176
Language
English
Published
1999-04-30
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Authors
Lyman Copeland Draper, Nathan Boone, Olive Van Bibber Boone

Description

Born in 1815, archivist Lyman Draper was a tireless collector of oral history and is responsible for much of what we know about Daniel Boone. In an 1851 visit with Boone's youngest son, Nathan, and Nathan's wife, Olive, Draper produced over three hundred pages of notes that became the most important source of information about Daniel. The interviews provide a wealth of accurate, first-hand information concerning Boone's years in Kentucky, his capture by Indians, his defense of Fort Boonesboro, his lengthy hunting expeditions, and his final years in Missouri.

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