My Father, Daniel Boone: The Draper Interviews with Nathan Boone

by Neal O. Hammon

Book Overview

One of the most famous figures of the frontier, Daniel Boone clashed with the Shawnee and sought to exploit the riches of a newly settled region. Despite Boone's fame, his life remains wrapped in mystery. The Boone legend, which began with the publication of John Filson's The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boone and continues through modern times with Fess Parker's Daniel Boone series, has become a hopeless mix of fact and fiction. Born in 1815, archivist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081313465X
• ISBN13: 9780813134659
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up