Daniel Boone: The Opening of the Wilderness Landmark Books 21

By: John Mason Brown

FROM THE OPENING PARAGRAPHS: "CHAPTER 1: IMPRISONED IN A WAGON: AS HE JOLTED ON HIS WAGON SEAT, STOPPING AND STARTING HIS HORESES, THEN STOPPING THEM AGAIN, DANIEL BOONE WAS NOT HAPPY. FOR IRKSOME HOURS DAY AFTER DAY HIS IMPATIENCE HAD GROWN, WHILE HE WAITED FOR THE ENGINEERS FAR AHEAD TO CHOP OUR OF THE PENNSYLVANIA FOREST THE BUMPY ROAD OVER WHICH HE WAS TRAVELING. THIS WAS A POOR, SNAIL'S WAY FOR A WOODSMAN TO MOVE. DANIEL'S FEET LONGED TO TOUCH THE GROUND AND TO BE OFF AT THEIR USUAL SPEED, STEALING FORWARD IN MOCCASINED SILENCE, FREE OF THE CLATTER OF WHEELS. HIS FINGERS, HATING THE REINS THEY HELD, ITCHED TO HANDLE HIS RIFLE. HIS BLUE EYES WERE EAGER TO SQUINT TO TAKE AIM. THIS BOUNCING ABOUT IN A WAGON WAS NOT WHAT HE HAD COME HERE FOR. TO BE IN THE REAR, CHOKING ON THE DUST OF OTHERS, WAS NO HABIT OF HIS. IT WAS AN INSULT TO HIS COURAGE AND TO HIS PROWESS AS A HUNTER. AND AS A HUNTER, ALTHOUGH LESS THAN TWENTY-ONE, DANIEL WAS ALREADY FAMOUS IN NORTH CAROLINA'S YADKIN VALLEY." INCLUDES: TABLE OF CONTENTS: I. IMPRISONED IN A WAGON II. HOW NOT TO FIGHT INDIANS III. MORE ELBOWROOM IV. HISTORY COMES KNOCKING V. THE SECRET DOOR VI. THE STING OF WASPS VII. ALONE IN KENTUCKY VIII. THE FIRE IS LIGHTED IX. WAR ON THE FRONTIER X. THE TRANSYLVANIA DREAM XI. THE STORM BREAKS XII. AN EVENTFUL SUNDAY XIII. CAPTURED BY THE SHAWNEES XIV. CHIEF BLACKFISH'S 'SON' XV. A SUMMER OF SUSPENSE XVII. TEN DAYS OF TORTURE XVII. WHITE MAN'S CRUELTY XVIII. RED MAN'S TORTURE XIX. VICTORY IN DEFEAT XX. THE LAND THAT WASN'T HIS XXI. HERO'S DEPARTURE XXII. A NEW LIFE AND OLD TROUBLES XXIII. HEADING WEST INDEX

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000KIP75U
• Release Date: January 1952
• Publisher: Random House
• Length: 181 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"