If you expected a book on only Daniel Boones life don’t read this. Way too much time spent on history before Daniel Boone. I found the authors writing style very irritating as in way too much detail on everything not related to Boones life.Some people might like this style but not for me!

A popular-format story of American frontier explorer and adventurer Daniel Boone.

Mostly covers the settling of Kentucky and the Indian wars.

The events described took place during the American war for independence. The slimy British were helping and supporting the Indians to attack the colonists in K

I read this on a nook, not a kindle, and every time that is true, I will say so in my reviews as a small protest to the notion that amazon has already cornered e-readers. Not yet, not yet.

Okay, so the book. I was torn as to how to rate this. First, you can see from the description that it is very br

This was an easy to read and enjoyable overview of Daniel Boone's life. Having family history that overlaps in a minor way with Boone's story, it was interesting to hear about this adventures and about the pioneering work that he did as opened up the mid-west to settlement. In spite of his legendary

In a James Michener tradition and style, Daniel Boone by John S.C. Abbott begins his history from the beginning; literally. The first few chapters of this biography outline the discovery and exploration of North and South America. In long and interesting chapters the development and settlement of th

A short biography, just giving the highlights.