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A familiar wilderness : searching for home on Daniel Boone's road / S.J. Dahlman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dahlman, S. J. (Simon Jaques), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820.
- Boone, Daniel.
- Dahlman, S. J. (Simon Jaques)--Travel--Wilderness Road.
- Dahlman, S. J.
- Local history.
- Wilderness Road--Description and travel.
- Wilderness Road.
- Pioneers--Kentucky--Biography.
- Pioneers.
- Kentucky.
- Southern Appalachian Region.
- Wilderness Road--History.
- Appalachian Region, Southern--Description and travel.
- Appalachian Region, Southern.
- Appalachian Region, Southern--History, Local.
- Travel.
- United States--Wilderness Road.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Local history.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 313 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "This book traces Dahlman's 2013 trek over the 275-mile trail from Sycamore Shoals, near Elizabethton, Tennessee, to Fort Boonesborough, Kentucky. Initially undertaken after the death of his wife, Dahlman's account interweaves the history of the places he traverses with personal reflections and dozens of profiles and conversations with people he meets along the way. He questions how the Wilderness Road devolved from an important early American route predating Lewis and Clark to the humble footpath, both paved and wild, that now meanders through Southern Appalachia"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- False start
- Fighting men
- To the blockhouse
- Kicked in the head
- Down and out in Scott County
- The devil's racetrack
- The association
- Over Powell mountain
- Native land
- Feeling like a king
- Where the buffalo roam... a little
- Through the gap
- Dreams and hopes
- Bewildered
- Cursing and blessing
- Rural renewal
- Japanese bluegrass and other mysteries
- Riches and poverty
- The center of the universe
- Battleground state
- White lights, red house, brown dog
- Heading home.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Dahlman, S. J. (Simon Jaques), author. Familiar wilderness
- ISBN:
- 9781621904786
- 1621904784
- OCLC:
- 1050363120
- Publisher Number:
- 40028945552
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