John S. C. Abbott’s biography of Daniel Boone is part of his popular series on American frontier heroes, presenting the legendary explorer and woodsman as an embodiment of American pioneer virtues. Abbott covers Boone’s explorations of Kentucky, his role in opening the Wilderness Road, his conflicts with Native peoples, captivities and escapes, and his long life on successive frontiers as American settlement pushed ever westward.
Written for a general nineteenth-century audience, the book reflects the mythologizing of frontier figures that shaped American popular history and national identity. Download this free EPUB for a classic portrait of one of America’s most celebrated frontier legends.