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Daniel Boone opened up the American west; more than 200,000 settlers poured into Kentucky on the Wilderness Road he helped establish. John Mason Brown's classic biography brilliantly depicts Boone's life and times, delving into all the complexities of this fascinating man as well as the landmark historical events he lived through-including the Revolutionary War and Louisiana Purchase.… (meer)
Although this would never be found at a public school's library today; I still found it - even accounting for verbiage that would make one wince - highly informative and relatively fair in portraying both the good and bad of the various historical figures involved. I also appreciated the little details and stories that so often get left behind when attempting to tell a broader amount of history. ( )
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
When Daniel Boone goes by, at night, The phantom dee arise And all lost, wild America Is burning in their eyes. --Rosemary and Stephen Vincent Benet, A Book of Americans
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
To my Grandfather, John Mason Brown. Feeling as close to him as if I had known him, and wishing not only that I had but that I had known him as well as he knew Kentucky's early history.
Eerste woorden
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
As he jolted on his wagon seat, stopping and starting his horses, then stopping them again, Daniel Boone was not happy.
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Laatste woorden
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
It was the new country in the wilderness which they had helped to explore and settle.
Daniel Boone opened up the American west; more than 200,000 settlers poured into Kentucky on the Wilderness Road he helped establish. John Mason Brown's classic biography brilliantly depicts Boone's life and times, delving into all the complexities of this fascinating man as well as the landmark historical events he lived through-including the Revolutionary War and Louisiana Purchase.
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