"Kentucky" . . . "Electronic audio books"@en . "[This book] portrays America' s famous frontier hero. Drawing from popular narrative, the public record, scraps of documentation from Boone' s own hand, and a treasure of reminiscence gathered by nineteenth-century antiquarians, [it] uses the methods of new social history to create a portrait of the man and the times he helped shape. -Dust jacket." . . "Life and legend of an American pioneer"@en . . "\"In the first and most reliable biography of Daniel Boone in more than fifty years, award-winning historian Faragher brilliantly portrays America₂s famous frontier hero while illuminating the American hero-making process itself.\"--Publisher's description."@en . "Biography"@en . "Biography" . . . "Daniel Boone"@en . "Daniel Boone the life and legend of an American pioneer" . "Daniel Boone the life and legend of an American pioneer"@en . "Recreates the early life of the frontier hero who blazed a trail through the Cumberland Gap and led the first white settlers into Kentucky."@en . "Daniel Boone [the life and legend of an American pioneer]" . "A biography of the folk hero drawn from Boone's autobiographical accounts of his adventures, public record, folklore, and the writings of historians." . "History" . . . . . . . . . . "In the first and most reliable biography of Daniel Boone in more than fifty years, award-winning historian Faragher brilliantly portrays America's famous frontier hero, while illuminating the American hero-making process itself. Drawing from popular narrative, the public record, scraps of documentation from Boone's own hand, and a treasure trove of reminiscences gathered by nineteenth-century antiquarians, Faragher uses the methods of new social history to create a portrait of the man and the times he helped shape."@en . . . . . . . "Audiobooks"@en . . . . . . . "Downloadable audio books"@en . . "Biography of a frontiersman, whose accomplishments have been the subject of conflicting legends for more than two centuries. Faragher draws on Boone's autobiographical accounts of his adventures, the public record, folklore, and the writings of nineteenth-century historians. Acknowledging his debt to sources, the author questions suspicious facts and explores the social milieu of the period that helped to create the folk hero." . "A tale that blends drama of Western fiction with vivid details of biography. Journey through the life of this pioneer and revolutionary era that molded him."@en . . . . . . . . .