Daniel Boone, the pioneer of Kentucky

John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

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Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2007 with funding from Microsoft Corporation http://www.archive.org/details/danielboonepioneOOabboiala BOONEDANIEL THE KENTUCKY.PIONEER OF BY S. C. ABBOTT.JOHN NEW YORK: DODD & MEAD, No. BROADWAY.762 1872. .. ; AMERICANPIONEERSAND PATRIOTS. DANIEL BOONE THE PIONEER OF KENTUCKY. ABBOTT.BY JOHN S. C. ILLUSTRATED. "Hisyouth was Innocent ; his riper age. Marked with some act of go*odness every day And watched by eyes that loved him, calm and sage, Faded his late declining years away. Cheerful he gave his being and wentup To share the holy rest that waits a life well spent." NEW YORK: & MEAD, No. 762 BROADWAY.DODD 1872. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year by1872, DODD & MEAD, the Office of the Librarian of Congress,in at Washington. PREFACE. The name of Daniel Boone is a conspicuous one in the annals of our country. And yet there are but few who are familiar with the events of his wonderful career, or who have formed correcta estimate of the character the man.of Many suppose that he was a rough, coarse backwoodsman, almost as savage as the bears he pursued in the chase, or the Indians whose perseveringly braved. Instead of this,terrors he so he was one of the most mild and unboastful of men ; feminine as a woman in his tastes and his deport- ment, never uttering coarse word, never allowinga action. He washimself in a rude truly one of nature's gentle men.

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• Boone

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 31
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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Digitized by the Internet Archive
in 2007 with funding from
Microsoft Corporation
http://www.archive.org/details/danielboonepioneOOabboialaBOONEDANIEL
THE
KENTUCKY.PIONEER OF
BY
S. C. ABBOTT.JOHN
NEW YORK:
DODD & MEAD, No. BROADWAY.762
1872...