Daniel Boone (Thwaites)

by Reuben Gold Thwaites

15 chapters4h 30mEnglish1902

About this book

Daniel Boone was a great hunter, explorer, surveyor, and excellent rifleman; he knew Indians and fought them skillfully. His life was filled with adventures and, with this biography, Reuben Gold Thwaites takes us along on some of those adventures. An exciting read of one of America’s true historical heroes.(Summary by William Tomcho from the preface to Daniel Boone)

Chapters (15)

1Ancestry and Training

797

2The Nimrod of the Yadkin

757

3Life on the Border

763

4Red Man Against White Man

1329

5Kentucky Reached at Last

1079

6Alone in the Wilderness

982

7Predecessors and Contemporaries

821

8The Hero of Clinch Valley

1086

9The Settlement of Kentucky

1060

10Two Years of Darkness

1117

11The Siege of Boonesborough

1453

12Soldier and Statesman

1510

13Kentucky's Path of Thorns

1351

14In the Kanawha Valley

837

15A Serene Old Age

1313

Daniel Boone (Thwaites)

About this book

Chapters (15)

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