"The explosive true saga of the legendary figure, Daniel Boone, and the bloody struggle for America's frontier ... It is the mid-eighteenth century, and in the 13 colonies founded by Great Britain, anxious colonists desperate to conquer and settle North America's 'First Frontier' beyond the Appalachian Mountains engage in a never-ending series of bloody battles. These violent conflicts are waged against the Native American tribes whose lands they covet, The French, and finally against the mother country itself in an ...
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"The explosive true saga of the legendary figure, Daniel Boone, and the bloody struggle for America's frontier ... It is the mid-eighteenth century, and in the 13 colonies founded by Great Britain, anxious colonists desperate to conquer and settle North America's 'First Frontier' beyond the Appalachian Mountains engage in a never-ending series of bloody battles. These violent conflicts are waged against the Native American tribes whose lands they covet, The French, and finally against the mother country itself in an American Revolution destined to reverberate around the world. This is the setting of Blood and Treasure and the guide to this epic narrative is none other than America's first and arguably greatest pathfinder Daniel Boone--not the coonskin cap-wearing caricature of popular culture but the flesh-and-blood frontiersman and Revolutionary War hero whose explorations into the forested frontier beyond the great mountains would become the stuff of legend. Now, thanks to painstaking research by two award-winning authors, the story of the brutal birth of the United States is told through the eyes of both the ordinary and larger-than-life men and women, white and Native American, who witnessed it. This fast-paced and fiery narrative, fueled by contemporary diaries and journals, newspaper reports, and eyewitness accounts, is a stirring chronicle of the conflict over America's 'First Frontier' that places the reader at the center of this remarkable epoch and its gripping tales of courage and sacrifice"--
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Drury and Clavin have written a very-well-researched piece about the American legend, Daniel Boone. While I was anticipating a more novelized version, this unemotional, fact-based version paints a clear, realistic picture of the beloved woodsman. It also clearly explains his role in both readily familiar as well as more obscure historical events. The book is definitely a vocabulary booster, and made me glad that I could simply highlight words such as chiaroscuro, atavistically, and eponymous on my Kindle to discover their meaning. I recommend this book to both those who have a passion for American history and those who simply want to know a bit more about Boone and the times in which he lived. I am grateful to have received a complimentary copy of Blood and Treasure from St. Martin Press via NetGalley without obligation. All opinions expressed here are my own.
Tena Kay
Feb 9, 2021
Frontiersman
Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier
By: Bob Drury and Tom Clavin
This is an in-depth novel about the life of one of America's great forefathers, Daniel Boone. Largely biographical follows his life from near age 10 to age 76, even though he died at age 85. The book follows Daniel Boone's many adventures as a scout, frontiersman, hunter, explorer, and family man.
Daniel Boone was captured several times by hostile Indians. They held him prisoner and absorbed him into their tribes. He would bide his time and escape back to his family on the frontier.
It's a great biography, you find out more of who the man Daniel Boone was, rather than just the folk hero.
I received a complimentary copy from the St. Martin's Press and Shelf Awareness, I was under no obligation to post a review.
