The Taking of Jemima Boone: Colonial Settlers, Tribal Nations, and the Kidnap That Shaped America Pearl Matthew
"A rousing tale of frontier daring and ingenuity, better than legend on every front." -- Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy SchiffA Goodreads Most Anticipated BookIn his first work of narrative…
Specifikacia The Taking of Jemima Boone: Colonial Settlers, Tribal Nations, and the Kidnap That Shaped America Pearl Matthew
"A rousing tale of frontier daring and ingenuity, better than legend on every front." -- Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy SchiffA Goodreads Most Anticipated BookIn his first work of narrative nonfiction, Matthew Pearl, bestselling author of acclaimed novel The Dante Club, explores the little-known true story of the kidnapping of legendary pioneer Daniel Boone's daughter and the dramatic aftermath that rippled across the nation.On a quiet midsummer day in 1776, weeks after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, thirteen-year-old Jemima Boone and her friends Betsy and Fanny Callaway disappear near the Kentucky settlement of Boonesboro, the echoes of their faraway screams lingering on the air.A Cherokee-Shawnee raiding party has taken the girls as the latest salvo in the blood feud
The Taking of Jemima Boone
The Taking of Jemima Boone