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The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boon

by John Filson

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Told in Boone’s voice, this narrative recounts his journeys into Kentucky, the settling of Boonesborough, his capture by the Shawnee while making salt on the Scioto, his escape and the frontier wars that followed. Filson published it with his account of Kentucky in 1784.

The short book that created the American frontier hero and shaped Boone’s image ever after. Download the free EPUB.

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