Traces : A Novel / Patricia L. Hudson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hudson, Patricia L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biographical fiction.

Families.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : Fireside Industries, [2022]

Summary:

An early American adage proclaimed, "The frontier was heaven for men and dogs-hell for women and mules." Since the 1700s, when his name first appeared in print, Daniel Boone has been synonymous with America's westward expansion and life on the frontier. Traces is a retelling of Boone's saga through the eyes of his wife, Rebecca, and her two oldest daughters, Susannah and Jemima. Daniel became a mythic figure during his lifetime, but his fame fueled backwoods gossip that bedeviled the Boone women throughout their lives-most notably the widespread suspicion that one of Rebecca's children was fathered by Daniel's younger brother. Traces explores the origins of these rumors, exposes the harsh realities of frontier life, and gives voice to the women whose vibrant lives have been reduced to little more than scattered footnotes within the historical record. Along the path of Daniel's restless wandering, the women were eyewitnesses to the clash of cultures between the settlers and the indigenous tribes who fought to retain control of their native lands, which made life on the frontier an ongoing struggle for survival. Patricia Hudson gives voice to these women, all of whom were pioneers in their own right. The Boone women's joys and sorrows, as well as those of countless other forgotten women who braved the frontier, are invisibly woven into the fabric of America's early years and the story of this country's westward expansion.

Contents:

Front Matter

Author's Note

PART ONE

1 Forks of the Yadkin River Colony of North Carolina (1760)

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5

6

7

8

PART TWO

9 Rebecca (1769)

10 Susannah

11 Susannah

12 Jemima

13 Rebecca

14 Jemima

15 Rebecca

16 Susannah

17 Jemima

18 Susannah

19 Susannah

20 Rebecca

21 Rebecca

22 Jemima

23 Jemima

24 Susannah

25 Rebecca

26 Rebecca

27 Rebecca

28 Rebecca

29 Susannah

30 Jemima

31 Rebecca

32 Rebecca

33 Jemima

34 Susannah

35 Rebecca

36 Rebecca

37 Rebecca

38 Rebecca

Afterword

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-950564-30-4

OCLC:

1338840330