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My father, Daniel Boone : the Draper interviews with Nathan Boone / edited by Neal O. Hammon ; with an introduction by Nelson L. Dawson.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks F 454 .B66 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boone, Nathan, 1781-1856.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820.
- Boone, Daniel.
- Boone, Nathan, 1781-1856--Interviews.
- Boone, Nathan.
- Boone, Olive Van Bibber, 1783-1858--Interviews.
- Boone, Olive Van Bibber.
- Pioneers--Kentucky--Biography.
- Pioneers.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Kentucky.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Kentucky--Biography.
- Kentucky.
- Boone, Nathan, 1781-1856.
- Boone, Olive Van Bibber, 1783-1858.
- Genre:
- Biography.
- collective biographies.
- Biographies.
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 176 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©1999.
- 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.
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Lyman Draper's 1851 interviews with Nathan and Olive Boone.
- Genealogical tables on endpapers.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-169) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Boone, Nathan, 1781-1856. My father, Daniel Boone.
- ISBN:
- 0813121035
- 9780813121031
- 9780813134659
- 081313465X
- OCLC:
- 40762810
- Online:
- Book review (H-Net)
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