Bonded Leather binding

This historical fiction novel chronicles the life of Daniel Boone, the legendary American pioneer and frontiersman who blazed the Wilderness Road into Kentucky, founded Boonesborough, and fought in the Revolutionary War. Despite resistance from American Indians, Boone persevered and helped settle Kentucky, inspiring the archetypal frontier hero of American folklore. This book brings to life the thrilling adventures and challenges that Boone faced, including being taken in by the Shawnee Indians and fighting in the Battle of Blue Licks. Daniel Boone remains an iconic figure in American history, and this book vividly captures his legacy as a folk hero and trailblazer of the American West.

Reproduction of the original: Wild Western Scenes by John Beauchamp Jones

"During the 1800s, many settlers moved westward across North America to seek their fortunes as farmers, ranchers, and miners. In the Wild West, there were few towns and few people paid much attention to laws. Readers will take a trip through this thrilling period of American history as they join Louise and Nat for a tale of cowboys in a frontier town. They will find out how people lived, worked, and traveled in the Wild West, and much more."--Publisher's description.

But if I have many more such, I fear I shall never get back to relate them. My face is all swelled—Huzza! yonder is a light, at last! It’s on this side of the river, and if we can’t get over the ferry to-night, we shall have something to eat on this side, at all events. Ha! ha! ha! I see a living man moving before the fire, as if he were roasting meat.” Joe forgot his wound in the joy of an anticipated supper, and whipping the horses into a brisk pace, they soon drew near the encampment, where they discovered numerous persons, male and female, who had been prevented from crossing the river that day, in consequence of the violence of the storm, and had raised their tents at the edge of the woods, preferring to repose thus until the following morning than to venture into the frail ferry-boat while the waves yet ran so high....FROM THE BOOKS.

Reproduction of the original: Wild Western Scenes by John Beauchamp Jones