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My Father, Daniel Boone : The Draper Interviews with Nathan Boone /
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 leav...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
University Press of Kentucky,
1999.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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. 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. |
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| Item Description: | Genealogical tables on endpapers. Lyman Draper's 1851 interviews with Nathan and Olive Boone. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (200 pages): illustrations, maps |
| ISBN: | 9780813143989 |