About this title: In the first popular and reliable biography of Daniel Boone in over 50 years, an award-winning historian portrays the man who became the prototype of the American frontier hero: the surveyor and builder of the Wilderness Road and the military leader of the settlers' struggle against the Shawnee. His life is here recounted by the author of Sugar Creek. 8 pages of photos.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
Date Published: 1992-11
ISBN-13:9780805016031ISBN:0805016031
Description: Good. Good clean condition. All pages are clean. Cover/book edges have some wear. Ex library copy. May have a clear plastic book cover, library stamps, catalog numbers, stickers or other markings. Your satisfaction is guaranteed! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Date Published: 1992-11
ISBN-13:9780805016031ISBN:0805016031
Description: Very Good. Format: Hardcover. Year: 1992. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover Book with Jacket. Previous owner label on front end page. Name at top of front end page. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780805030075ISBN:0805030077
Description: Very Good. 0805030077. Smooth spine. Price on cover is $15.95; 1.2 x 9.2 x 6.2 Inches; 429 pages; From cover: "In the first and most reliable biography of Daniel Boone in more than fifty years, award-winning historian Faragher brilliantly portrays America's famous frontier hero. Drawing from popular narrative, the public record, scraps of documentation from Boone's own hand, and a treasure of reminiscence gathered by nineteenth-century antiquarians, Faragher uses the methods of new social ... read more
Edition: 7th Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: An Owl Book/ Henry Holt and Company, New York NY
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780805030075ISBN:0805030077
Description: Near Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Owlet, New York, New York
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780805030075ISBN:0805030077
Description: As New. Some shelf wear and slight curl to front cover. Text is clean. Nice book and binding...Black mark on botttom outside of pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
ISBN-13:9780805016031ISBN:0805016031
Description: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Henry Holt & Co, 1992. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Fine Book in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Light wear to Dust Jacket. Aside from scratches to Dust Jacket with toning to inner edges of Dust Jacket flaps, overall a clean and tight copy. Additionally, Dust Jacket protected with a new clear archival cover. Book wrapped in bubble wrap. Media mail delivered in a box, Priority in a Flat Rate Envelope. Shipped quickly. Prompt response to questions. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780805016031ISBN:0805016031
Description: Fine in very good dust jacket. tear in DJ lower right-hand corner. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 429 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co., New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780805016031ISBN:0805016031
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall First edition, first printing. A fine copy with some very minor freckles to the top edge. Tan boards with forest green cloth spine, 429 pages, illustrated dustjacket. Looks and feels new and unread, no names or other markings, dustjacket in mylar protector. read more
Binding: Third
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, New York
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780805016031ISBN:0805016031
Description: fair. 429, illus., maps, sources, index, underlining and some marginalia to text, small piece p. 429 missing (no loss of text) The exciting and adventurous story of a very remarkable man in the pioneering days of America. Beginning with the arrival in America of his father in 1713 through his fascinating life to his death in 1820 and describing how his remains were disintered and reburied in 1845. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
Date Published: 1992-11
ISBN-13:9780805016031ISBN:0805016031
Description: New. 1992 Henry Holt and Company Hardcover First Edition, First Printing. New and in excellent condition (two small stains on side pages, otherwise in mint/pristine condition). Pages are crisp and clean with a tight spine. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, New York
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780805016031ISBN:0805016031
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. Biography. Dust jacket a bit bumped and worn on the corners and top and bottom of spine; NOT price clipped; edges are rubbed; remains of sticky label on front; slight browning on the edges. Boards are tan with green cloth half binding and gold print on the spine; corners very slightly bumped. Binding is clean and tight. Dedication to previous owner, in pen, on ffep; otherwise pages are clear and unmarked. 429 pages. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
Edition: Audio Book edition
Binding: Audiobook (cassette)
Publisher: Recorded Books
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780788700552ISBN:0788700553
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Former public library copy with library stamps/stickers. In plastic hardshell case. Tapes good, storage case has some cracks to corners. Unabridged; Narrated by: Richard Poe; includes ALL 11 tapes.; read more
Edition: Audio Book edition
Binding: Audiobook (cassette)
Publisher: Recorded Books
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780788700552ISBN:0788700553
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Former public library copy with library stamps/stickers. In plastic hardshell case. Tapes good, storage case has some shelfwear. Unabridged; Narrated by: Richard Poe; includes ALL 11 tapes.; read more
"The thing I really love about modern scholarship is not just that the women get their voices heard, but ordinary people. Also, older biographies tended to either be stiff reports of facts without any motivation, hagiographies, or else salacious delvings into sexual antics. The sex lives of powerful people (I think anyway) are only interesting in not whether they "did it " or not, but why, and how their passions influenced their actions.
So, to bring this ramble to Daniel Boone, I never cared whether or not his wife had a child out of wedlock. I admired the heck out of her for protecting home and kids, with a shotgun if necessary, during the long periods Boone was roaming the countryside.
Well, JMF makes it clear that she did--and why. And how the family rallied around her, shrugging such things off. And even more interesting, how much influence the native peoples had in the lives of pioneers, even though the two cultures were at odds due to the indefatigable westward movement."
"Hard to read at times as it jumps around from time period to time period. I enjoyed the picture of the times and difficulties that the people had in trying to settle the KY territory. Amazing that he lived to be 86 given the situations. Boone was probably a person less than the stories that went around."
"As I recall the author does a good job contrasting the legend from reality. Boone was foremost a rugged survivor, who probably murdered and surely connived when his situation required it. This isn't to denigrate-he lived in dangerous times on the edge of a lawless frontier. Information about his constant roaming (esp. extensive surveying) and "long hunts" was eye opening. His shear longevity I think added to his folklore."
"In this highly readable book, Faragher undertakes to separate the life from the legend of Daniel Boone. His goal is not to be a an iconoclast but to understand why it is that the legends have persisted."
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