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My father, Daniel Boone : the Draper interviews with Nathan Boone /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
University Press of Kentucky,
©1999.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. My Father, Daniel Boone is an engaging account of one of America's great pioneers, in which Nathan makes a point of separating fact from fiction. From explaining the methods his father used to track game to detailing how land speculation and legal problems from title claims caused Boone to leave Kentucky and take up residence farther west, Nathan Boone's portrait of his father brings a crucial period in frontier history to life. |
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| Notas: | Lyman Draper's 1851 interviews with Nathan and Olive Boone. Genealogical tables on endpapers. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 176 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-169) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813143989 0813143985 9780813143996 0813143993 1299276989 9781299276987 |