Many historical figures are more interesting in reality than in myth. Daniel Boone was one of them. Brilliant explorer, trapper and pathfinder, renowned marksman and revolutionary militia officer, he ...

The film recounts the life of Daniel Boone, a legendary frontiersman who played a pivotal role in settling Kentucky. Born in 1734, Boone faced challenges from both his Quaker upbringing and Native ...

THIS might be called a biography of Daniel Boone to end all biographies of Daniel Boone, for little is left to be said after Mr. Bakeless has finished speaking. Too much credit can hardly be given the ...

Daniel Boone was a man. That’s a fact. That statement also begins the famous theme song for the 1964 television series ‘Daniel Boone,” based on the legendary 18th-century trailblazer and settler of ...

DANIEL BOONE—John Bakeless—Morrow ($3.50). “All true! Every word true! Not a lie in it!” So Daniel Boone used to crow about Kentucke, the famous Kentucky history which first printed his “autobiography ...

"TRACES" by Patricia L. Hudson (University Press of Kentucky, 320 pages, $28). Daniel Boone was a bold frontiersman, a superhero in buckskin. We all know that story. But Knoxville author Patricia L.

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. By blazing a trail through the Appalachian Mountains, Daniel Boone opened the West to white settlement and came to ...