Description |
1 online resource (xi, 176 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Introduction / Nelson L. Dawson -- 1. His Early Life -- 2. The Hunter -- 3. To Kentucky -- 4. Captured by Indians -- 5. Siege of Boonesboro -- 6. Bryan's Station and the Blue Licks Defeat -- 7. Point Pleasant -- 8. Back to Kentucky -- 9. To Missouri -- 10. Hunting in Missouri -- 11. The War of 1812 -- 12. The Last Years -- App. A. Nathan Boone's Letter -- App. B. Family Genealogy |
Summary |
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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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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Lyman Draper's 1851 interviews with Nathan and Olive Boone |
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Genealogical tables on endpapers |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-169) and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Subject |
Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820.
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Boone, Nathan, 1781-1856 -- Interviews
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Boone, Olive Van Bibber, 1783-1858 -- Interviews
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SUBJECT |
Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820
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Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820 fast |
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Boone, Nathan, 1781-1856 fast |
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Boone, Olive Van Bibber, 1783-1858 fast |
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Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820. sears |
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Boone, Olive Van Bibber, 1783-1858. sears |
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Pioneers -- Kentucky -- Biography
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Kentucky
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Pioneers -- Kentucky -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Frontier and pioneer life
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Pioneers
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Pioneers -- Biography.
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SUBJECT |
Kentucky -- Biography
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Kentucky -- Biography
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Subject |
Kentucky
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Kentucky -- Biography.
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Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Interviews
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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Author |
Boone, Olive Van Bibber, 1783-1858.
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Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891.
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Hammon, Neal O
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LC no. |
99019263 |
ISBN |
9780813143989 |
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0813143985 |
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9780813143996 |
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0813143993 |
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1299276989 |
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9781299276987 |
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