Online Books
Daniel Boone: The Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boon
The Adventures of Colonel
Daniel Boon
The publication
of The Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boon in 1784 by John Filson
immortalized Boone the frontiersman as an American legend and a true folk hero
and also covers Boone's adventures in Fort Boonesborough (Fort Boonesboro). The
book was published on Boone's 50th birthday and covers Daniel Boone's life
experience from May, 1769 to October, 1782. Boone's exploits are told in his own
words and brings this living history document to life. The adventure was
also published in 1787 in "The American Magazine" and in 1793 in a book by
George Imlay.
Davy Crockett: David Crockett: His life and Adventures
David Crockett: His Life and Adventerures
David Crockett: His Life and Adventures. Written by John S. C. Abott.
Originally published in the year 1874.
Preface: "David Crockett certainly was not a model man. But he was a
representative man. He was conspicuously one of a very numerous class, still
existing, and which has heretofore exerted a very powerful influence over this
republic. As such, his wild and wondrous life is worthy of the study of every
patriot. Of this class, their modes of life and habits of thought, the majority
of our citizens know as little as they do of the manners and customs of the
Comanche Indians ..."
