Boone: A Biography
Robert Morgan
Boone won the National Book Award and was a New York Times bestseller. The story of Daniel Boone is the story of America—its ideals, its promise, its romance, and its destiny. Robert Morgan reveals the complex character of a frontiersman whose heroic life was far stranger and more fascinating than the myths that surround him. This rich, authoritative biography offers a wholly new perspective on a man who has been an American icon for more than two hundred years—a hero as important to American history as his more political contemporaries George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. Extensive endnotes, cultural and historical background material, and maps and illustrations underscore the scope of this distinguished and immensely entertaining work.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Hachette UK
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN-13
- 9781565126541
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Frontier lifeAmerican historyDaniel Boone
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyShortlisted(2007)
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