Daniel Boone: The Opening of the Wilderness
by John Mason Brown Author
(From Amazon): 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.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-1402751196
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 23
- Pages
- 159
- Suggested Grades
- 5th - 12th
- Publisher
- Sterling
- Copyright
- 2007
Chapters
- 1 Imprisoned in a Wagon
- 2 How Not to Fight Indians
- 3 More Elbowroom
- 4 History Comes Knocking
- 5 The Secret Door
- 6 The Sting of Wasps
- 7 Alone in Kentucky
- 8 The Fire Is Lighted
- 9 War on the Frontier
- 10 The Transylvania Dream
- 11 The Storm Breaks
- 12 An Eventful Sunday
- 13 Captured by the Shawnees
- 14 Chief Blackfish's "Son"
- 15 A Summer of Suspense
- 16 Ten Days of Terror
- 17 White Man's Cruelty
- 18 Red Man's Torture
- 19 Victory in Defeat
- 20 The Land That Wasn't His
- 21 Hero's Departure
- 22 A New Life and Old Troubles
- 23 Heading West
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