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In The First And Most Reliable Biography Of Daniel Boone In More Than Fifty Years, Award-winning Historian John Mack Faragher Portrays America's Famous Frontier Hero. Boone (1734-1820), Who Came To Popular Attention In 1784 With The Publication Of Kentucke, The Narrative Of His Adventures Published By John Filson, Scouted The Trans-appalachian West For Settlement Before Any Other English-speaking American, Surveyed And Helped Build The Wilderness Road, And Led The Settlers' Struggle Against The Shawnee Defenders Of Kentucky. Yet The Complex Range Of Boone's Accomplishments Has Inspired Conflicting Accounts Of His Life And Character. Hailed As Both An Extraordinary And Common Man, Daniel Boone Is An Intriguing Subject Whose Legends Are Enveloped In Paradox. History Portrays Boone As An Indian-fighting Frontiersman, Yet He Objected To That Reputation, Proclaiming His Belief In The Quaker Tolerance Of His Forebears. He Was A Devoted Family Man, But His Lengthy Hunting And Trapping Expeditions Encouraged The Popular Depiction Of Him As A Misanthropic Man Of The Woods. And Although He Served As A Frontier Leader Of The American Revolution, His Fellow Officers Suspected Him Of Loyalty To

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Author

John Mack, 1945- Faragher

Publisher

Holt, Rinehart and Winston

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780805030075

Category

history

Subjects

Historical Fiction, Memoir, Fiction

Rating

3.87 / 5 (291 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13