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The taking of Jemima Boone : colonial settlers, tribal nations, and the kidnap that shaped America / Matthew Pearl.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pearl, Matthew, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boone, Jemima--Captivity.
- Boone, Jemima.
- Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820.
- Boone, Daniel.
- Indian captivities--Kentucky--History--18th century.
- Indian captivities.
- Indians of North America--Kentucky--History--18th century.
- Indians of North America.
- History.
- Kentucky--History--18th century.
- Kentucky.
- Physical Description:
- 272 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
- Summary:
- Explores the little-known true story of the kidnapping of thirteen-year-old Jemima Boone, Daniel Boone's daughter, by a Cherokee-Shawnee raiding party and the ensuing battle with reverberations that nobody could predict.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: BOOK I THE TAKING
- ch. 1 Duck
- ch. 2 Bloody Ground
- ch. 3 The Plan
- ch. 4 Ends of the Earth
- BOOK II RETALIATION
- ch. 5 Fallout
- ch. 6 Rise of Blackfish
- ch. 7 Families
- BOOK III THE RECKONING
- ch. 8 Risen
- ch. 9 Before the Thunder
- ch. 10 The Last Siege
- ch. 11 Aftershocks.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-260) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780062937780
- 0062937782
- OCLC:
- 1269074402
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