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Product Identifiers
PublisherStackpole Books
ISBN-100811709795
ISBN-139780811709798
eBay Product ID (ePID)331382
Product Key Features
Book TitleLife of Daniel Boone
Number of Pages624 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Historical
Publication Year1998
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorLyman Copeland Draper
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height2 in
Item Weight3 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN98-027008
Dewey Edition21
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Dewey Decimal976.9/02/092 B
SynopsisWhen he died in 1891, historian Draper left unfinished this massive biography of legendary Kentucky frontier hero Daniel Boone (1734-1820). Now Belue, who teaches history at Murray State University in Kentucky, has transcribed and annotated Draper's rambling manuscript, whose florid, hagiographic prose should not deter readers from some real merits. First, Draper, an indefatigable researcher, drew upon thousands of documents as well as interviews with white, Native American and black frontier dwellers to re-create Boone's colorful exploits, including his blazing of a trail through the Cumberland Gap; his construction of Boonesborough, the first permanent settlement in the "Far West"; and his dramatic rescue of his daughter Jemima and two other girls from Indians. Second, Draper's tome is a treasure trove of early Americana, covering Indian-Anglo wars and relations, the fur trade, the British presence and trans-Appalachian life, flora and fauna. Third, the 76 period drawings, engravings, photographs and maps offer revealing glimpses of both whites and Native Americans. And finally, Belue's entertaining and informative chapter notes diligently correct Draper's romanticization, offering instead a lifelong wanderer from home and family, a failed land speculator, an adventurer who watched his son tortured to death by Cherokees but who still sought accommodation with the Indians. Regrettably, Draper's text breaks off in 1778, but a chronology, epilogue and appendix sketch Boone's later exploits., The definitive biography of America's foremost frontersman, with little-known information on Boone's family, long hunting, the fur trade, and the trans-Allegheny West. "No collection of Americana should be without this long-missing volume." -- Booklist
LC Classification NumberF454.B66D73 1998
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- 31. Jan. 2022
Good book
My husband is related to Daniel Boone. Found this very interestingBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 09. Jun. 2020
Interesting book if you’re into history.
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