| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xx, 538 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"A Shannon Ravenel book." |
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Genealogical table on lining papers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [501]-514) and index. |
| Contents |
Brief chronology of Daniel Boone's life -- Introduction -- The mother world of the forest -- People of the forest -- The hills beyond the Yadkin -- The Yadkin was the wild west -- Domestic arts -- In search of the real west -- Visions of Eden -- Regulators -- Return to the Bluegrass land -- Where there was no forbidden fruit -- Kentucky was the key -- The trace and the river -- Freemasonry -- Light and shadow -- Sheltowee, Son of Blackfish -- Farthest outpost of rebellion -- With chain and compass -- Father, I won't leave you -- Filson, fame, and failure -- A deale of sine is seen -- Boating in the west -- Going east to go west -- To the farther west -- Done all the good that I can -- Across the river into legend. |
| Summary |
This sweeping biography is the story of early America--its ideals, its promise, its romance, and its destiny. Novelist Morgan transforms a mythic American hero--a legend in his own time--into a flesh-and-blood man, the man who was the largest spirit of his time. Hunter, explorer, settler, visionary, he was a trailblazer and a revolutionary--an American icon for more than two hundred years. Born in 1734, Boone served in the Virginia legislature, participated in the settling of the Middle West, fought in the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War, and saw the election of his friend as the first president of the United States, the Louisiana Purchase, and the beginning of the Westward Expansion. Unlike many others of his time, he had a deep respect for the Indians, who taught him how to hunt, navigate, and survive in the wilderness he came to revere.--From publisher description. |
| Subject |
Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820.
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Pioneers -- Kentucky -- Biography.
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Explorers -- Kentucky -- Biography.
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Kentucky.
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Kentucky -- Biography.
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Kentucky -- Discovery and exploration.
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| ISBN |
9781565124554 |
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1565124553 |
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