J.C. Shepard’s Reviews > The Undiscovered Country: Triumph, Tragedy, and the Shaping of the American West > Status Update
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“…the Americans seemingly worshipped these lines that they drew on paper. The new international line made no sense… It placed…relatives in Mexico while leaving others in the United States… The paper lines meant more to the Americans than trade, or efficiency, or family, or justice. So important were these paper lines to the Americans that they were willing to write them in blood.”
— Mar 22, 2026 11:35AM
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“A popular little book published in 1784 by schoolteacher John Filson had made [Daniel] Boone an international hero…. Filson’s book, and countless others that followed, celebrated Boone’s deeds, and transformed him into the embodiment of Jefferson’s ideals on the frontier. A new nation found their first Western hero in Boone, the Jeffersonian pioneer, and at the same time discovered a new identity…”
— Sep 21, 2025 12:44PM
