Synopses & Reviews
Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-206) and index.
Table of 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 "infamous company of land pyrates": Transylvania -- Cutting the Wilderness Road -- Revolution and rescue on the frontier -- Sel-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 lagacy.