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And, at last, I dared to read Daniel Boone. It’s a story full of wicked Indians and good-guy white settlers, full of killing and attacking. You can almost see Daniel’s halo and the devil horns of the Indians as you read the story. It is told in the vernacular of Daugherty’s time and it is undoubtedly an interesting and exciting story. Must we pull it from our shelves simply because it is chockfull of opinions and prejudices? Can it not be read as a story without vilifying either the Indians or t
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I really don't like Daniel Boone. This book won the Newbery in 1940 and it is pretty awful. Besides being dated and racist, I found it to be incredibly boring. I really couldn't make myself pay attention to all the different places he went and people he killed, the whole book felt like a blur and I'm not sure I'll remember anything remarkable about Daniel Boone. The most interesting thing I learned was when I read the Wikipedia article about him and learned that all the Boones who played basebal
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Mar 03, 2016
Mary Paul
marked it as to-read
Jan 15, 2018
Keeley
marked it as to-read
