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Daniel Boone : an American life Michael A. Lofaro
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Biog F454.B66 L628 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lofaro, Michael A., 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820.
- Boone, Daniel.
- Pioneers--Kentucky--Biography.
- Pioneers.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Kentucky.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 216 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2003.
- Contents:
- "Let the girls do the spelling" : the boyhood of Daniel Boone
- Soldier, suitor, hunter, explorer
- "In quest of the country of Kentucke"
- Henderson's imfamous company of land pyrates" : Transylvania
- Cutting the Wilderness Road
- Revolution and rescue on the frontier
- Shel-tow-ee, son of Blackfish
- Patriot or traitor? : Boonesborough besieged
- From pauper to legislator
- "Our affairs became more and more alarming?" : the disaster at Blue Licks
- "Your land is all survayd" : prosperity, debt, and retreat
- "I want more elbow-room" : bound for Missouri
- One last hunt : the final decade
- "The sons of Daniel Boone" : a hero's legend and legacy.
- Notes:
- Map on lining papers.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-206) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813122783 (alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 52090631
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