Daniel Boone: The Pioneer of Kentucky

by John S C Abbott

Overview

"Many suppose that Daniel Boone was a rough, coarse backwoodsman, almost as savage as the bears he pursued in the chase, or the Indians whose terrors he so perseveringly braved. Instead of this he was one of the most mild and unboastful of men." --John S.C. Abbott, Preface, 1872

American historian John S.C. Abbott wrote Daniel Boone--The Pioneer of Kentucky (1872) as part of his American Pioneers and Patriots series. Daniel Boone, (1734-1820), an American pioneer, frontiersman, and legendary hero who is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now Kentucky.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781646792542
Publisher:	Cosimo Classics
Publication date:	08/07/2020
Series:	American Pioneers and Patriots
Pages:	346
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.77(d)

About the Author

JOHN S.C. ABBOTT (1805-1877) was an American historian, pastor, and writer. He wrote about Christian ethics and is known for his popular History of Napoleon Bonaparte (1855) and for his series on American Pioneers and Patriots, which includes Daniel Boone, Peter Stuyvesant, John Paul Jones, and many more (also available from Cosimo Classics). He was a brother of Jacob Abbott, also writer, and collaborated with him in his Makers of History series.