| Daniel Boone's Own Story & the Adventures of Daniel Boone Contributor(s): Boone, Daniel (Author), Hawkes, Francis Lister (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486476901 ISBN-13: 9780486476902 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $7.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2010017611 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.3" W x 8.3" (0.30 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Many dark and sleepless nights have I been a companion for owls, separated from the cheerful society of men, scorched by the summer's sun and pinched by the winter's cold -- an instrument ordained to settle the wilderness. Motivated by a powerful sense of purpose, Daniel Boone blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap. Thousands followed, settling in Boonesborough, Kentucky, to form one of the first English-speaking communities west of the Appalachians. This two-part tale of the legendary frontiersman's life begins with a brief profile by Boone himself, covering his exploits in the Kentucky wilderness from 1769 to 1784. The second part chronicles Boone's life from cradle to grave, with exciting accounts of his capture and adoption by Shawnee Indians and his service as a militiaman during the Revolutionary War. |