My Father, Daniel Boone

Download or read book My Father, Daniel Boone written by Nathan Boone and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 1999-04-30 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in 1815, archivist Lyman Draper was a tireless collector of oral history and is responsible for much of what we know about Daniel Boone. In an 1851 visit with Boone's youngest son, Nathan, and Nathan's wife, Olive, Draper produced over three hundred pages of notes that became the most important source of information about Daniel. The interviews provide a wealth of accurate, first-hand information concerning Boone's years in Kentucky, his capture by Indians, his defense of Fort Boonesboro, his lengthy hunting expeditions, and his final years in Missouri.