boone, a biography
by Robert Morgan
boone, a biography
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Fess Parker
Detailed research. Boy was I ignorant of Dan'l Boone, even though I now realize our paths crossed in a number of ways. Sometimes the author's desire to tie Boone to the poetry and impact of the Romantics and Transcendentalists was a little forced feeling, but it is probably hard to overstate the impact this forerunner had on those movements.
I hadn't realized Daniel's life in NC was so extensive. He even served at Fort Dobbs--the pre-Revolutionary War outpost that "I" served at i...more
I hadn't realized Daniel's life in NC was so extensive. He even served at Fort Dobbs--the pre-Revolutionary War outpost that "I" served at i...more
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Read in July, 2008
Very well-written, accessible account of Daniel Boone's life and times. Boone's life was a dividing line between contrasting elements in American history: Between the natural and the civilized, between Indian and White, between the hunt and the farm, between Peace and War. His trailblazing carried the frontier across the new and growing nation. And as he stood at the frontier he tried to combine both worlds but never quite achieved a happy medium. He tried his hand at farming, or surveying,...more
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Read in November, 2007
Boone : a biography, is a well researched and well written biography by a novelist and poet. The author, Robert Morgan became interested in Boone when he wanted to write a poem about the intersection of Amerindian and Colonial American cultures.
Boone, raised a Quaker, sought to befriend Amerindians all of his life. The book gave me an awareness of the manipulations of the Amerindians, both by the French and the British, to make war with the settlers, first in the French and Indian War and t...more
Boone, raised a Quaker, sought to befriend Amerindians all of his life. The book gave me an awareness of the manipulations of the Amerindians, both by the French and the British, to make war with the settlers, first in the French and Indian War and t...more
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Read in March, 2008
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BookPagerecommends it for: History Enthusiasts
Because Daniel Boone's story is known so well, at least in a general way, I was curious as to what the "real" story about his life was about.
As perhaps is predictable, truth is quite different than the fiction surrounding his life. This version demystifies the legends and instead portrays him as he probably was in real life. Family man, nature lover, generally spiritual though not a church goer, adventurer, poor businessman, semi-literate. Boone lived during the time of the Americ...more
As perhaps is predictable, truth is quite different than the fiction surrounding his life. This version demystifies the legends and instead portrays him as he probably was in real life. Family man, nature lover, generally spiritual though not a church goer, adventurer, poor businessman, semi-literate. Boone lived during the time of the Americ...more
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Daniel Boone has always fascinated me with his combination of appreciation and destruction for nature and the Wilds of Kentucky. Morgan acquaints you with Boone's flaws and fame and seamlessly integrates a myriad of time- and nature- relavant points of interest.
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Read in February, 2008
I loved this book. It read like fiction, partly due to great writing and partly due to the fact that Boone was just that interesting of a fellow. I found myself reading excerpts aloud to my children. The history of Kentucky was fascinating as well.
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Read in July, 2008
Fascinating, detailed look at an American legend. Mr. Morgan looks at Daniel Boone as a real person, that includes his faults as well as his strengths. Daniel Boone is now not only a lesson, but a real person as opposed to a mythical character.
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Read in October, 2007
Tom is writing this review: A wonderful book of details about Boone with factual data instead of local color stories. Boone's relationship to Missouri along the Femme Osage is an area oft neglected but well coverd in this book.
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Read in January, 2008
Well written and interesting. Gives a better ubnderstanding of the early American relationships with the American indians
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Read in June, 2008
So far the biggest thing I've learned is that Daniel Boone is my first cousin nine times removed. :)
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