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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 976.902092
EAN: 9780807133569
ISBN: 0807133566
Label: Louisiana State University Press
Manufacturer: Louisiana State University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 375
Publication Date: September 15, 2008
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Studio: Louisiana State University Press
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The name Daniel Boone conjures up the image of an illiterate, coonskin cap-wearing patriot who settled Kentucky and killed countless Indians. The scarcity of surviving autobiographical material has allowed tellers of his story to fashion a Boone of their own liking, and his myth has evolved in countless stories, biographies, novels, poems, and paintings. In this welcome book, Meredith Mason Brown separates the real Daniel Boone from the many fables that surround him, revealing a man far more complex-and far more interesting-than his legend.
Brown traces Boone's life from his Pennsylvania childhood to his experiences in the militia and his rise as an unexcelled woodsman, explorer, and backcountry leader. In the process, we meet the authentic Boone: he didn't wear coonskin caps; he read and wrote better than many frontiersmen; he was not the first to settle Kentucky; he took no pleasure in killing Indians. At once a loner and a leader, a Quaker who became a skilled frontier fighter, Boone is a study in contradictions. Devoted to his wife and children, he nevertheless embarked on long hunts that could keep him from home for two years or more. A captain in colonial Virginia's militia, Boone later fought against the British and their Indian allies in the Revolutionary War before he moved to Missouri when it was still Spanish territory and became a Spanish civil servant. Boone did indeed kill Indians during the bloody fighting for Kentucky, but he also respected Indians, became the adopted son of a Shawnee chief, and formed lasting friendships with many Shawnees who once held him captive.
During Boone's lifetime (1734-1820), America evolved from a group of colonies with fewer than a million inhabitants clustered along the Atlantic Coast to an independent nation of close to ten million reaching well beyond the Mississippi River. Frontiersman is the first biography to explore Boone's crucial role in that transformation. Hundreds of thousands of settlers entered Kentucky on the road that Boone and his axemen blazed from the Cumberland Gap to the Kentucky River. Boone's leadership in the defense of Boonesborough during a sustained Indian attack in 1778 was instrumental in preventing white settlers from fleeing Kentucky during the bloody years of the Revolution. And Boone's move to Missouri in 1799 and his exploration up the Missouri River helped encourage a flood of settlers into that region. Through his colorful chronicle of Boone's experiences, Brown paints a rich portrayal of colonial and Revolutionary America, the relations between whites and Indians, the opening and settling of the Old West, and the birth of the American national identity. Supported with copious maps, illustrations, endnotes, and a detailed chronology of Boone's life, Frontiersman provides a fresh and accurate rendering of a man most people know only as a folk hero-and of the nation that has mythologized him for over two centuries.
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Meredith Mason Brown has written a wonderful book that goes beyond the life of Daniel Boone, as fascinating as that life was. As a Boone descendant I have read most of the current biographies, but was captivated by this one because of the wider history that Brown explores through Daniel Boone. For instance, it's common knowledge that not everyone supported the American Revolution at the time. But never have I read a better description of the reasons various groups of people might have chosen one ... Read More
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Being a semi student of history I really enjoyed this book. It was extremely well researched and contains a lot of detail yet the average reader will no doubt enjoy this unique look at one of early America's most colorful inhabitants Daniel Boone . I especially enjoyed the parts where the author shows how the our future was to be affected by the events of Boone's days such as the depletion of game animals and the population shifts that occurred during Boone's times and after. A good read for all.
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I had the pleasure of meeting Meredith Mason Brown at Fort Boonesborough on Oct. 17th, 2009 in the Transylvania Store where he graciously signed a copy of this book for my sons, age 10 & 8. We were dressed up in our best Daniel Boone outfits to help celebrate the 275th anniversay of DB. We enjoyed listening to the stories of the work behind this book. It provides insights to the man that further build upon his character as a key figure in American history. I'm still not giving up my coon skin hat ... Read More
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You might be tempted to buy this book for its historical accuracy and academic bonifides, but you'll read it ... and re-read it ... for its grace, wit and American-minded toughness. Brown captures the changing landscapes (both natural and politic) that shaped Boone and his country. But this book isn't just about Boone; his family relationships and business dealings get spotlights, along with very stirring passages about the native peoples and the great "frontier".
I liked it so much, ... Read More
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I purchased the book for my son, John....He is an expert in
Roman History... Is now gathering information on the American History.
He was very pleased with the book... I was pleased with the ease in which I was able to obtain the book for him.. The service online, and in the
US Postal Service, were excellent.. I will purchase again in the near future..
Thank you sincerely
Pat Perry
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