Boone
A Biography
Algonquin Books · Print & ebook · October 16, 2007
The story of Daniel Boone is the story of America—its ideals, its promise, its romance, and its destiny.
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- Who it’s for
- A biographical history with enough narrative pull to settle in for the long read.
- Genres
- Adventurers & Explorers, Colonial America (to 1775), Lives in History
- Published
- Algonquin Books, October 16, 2007
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The story of Daniel Boone is the story of America—its ideals, its promise, its romance, and its destiny. Bestselling, critically acclaimed author Robert Morgan reveals the complex character of a frontiersman whose heroic life was far stranger and more fascinating than the myths that surround him.
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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.
Biographical Pull
A biographical history with enough narrative pull to settle in for the long read.
Come here for
- a sustained biographical read
- 19th-century American history in a Midwest register
Expect
- memoir-shaped storytelling
- history that stays close to the period
Where it sits
| Adventurers & Explorers | 74% |
|---|---|
| Lives in History | 30% |
| Colonial America (to 1775) | 27% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Lives in History
- Adventurers & Explorers
- Authors
- Robert Morgan
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books
- Published
- October 16, 2007
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Lives in History