The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-17
DANIEL BOONE

DANIEL BOONE
BY Lucille CULVER; the Macmillan COM
pany, publishers; New York.
In the True Stories of Great Ameri-
cans" series Daniel Boone" stands pre-
eminently to the fore, for, as a noted
writer has said:
THE name of Daniel Boone awakens
thrill in the heart of every American
familiar with the early history of this
country. Not only does the south honor
his memory and glory in his achieve
ments, but the entire country recognizes
this backwoodsman as one of the most
picturesque figures in early colonial his
tory"
This estimate Is undoubtedly very gen.
orally shared by Americans, particularly
by the young folks who, though they
may know little about Boone, are vet
apt to think of him as the hero of all
pioneers and of all adventure. Au-
thentic information about Boone is diff
cult to obtain and this may be partly ac-
countable for the fact that so little has
been published concerning him. All the
more interesting and important. then, is
the appearance this week of Lucille Gull
livers Daniel Boone in the series Of
biographies for young folks which is APP
pearing under the title of True Stories
of Great Americans" Miss CULVER has
made extensive investigation into Boone s
career and has found many sources of
knowledge which have not been en-
ployed by other writer's and which add
measurably to what has hitherto been
known of Boone. 1t is an absorbing
story that she tells of the d-blooded
life of man who served his country in
thrilling days, a man who was very hui
man and very lovable. 49,
The subject, gains much by the author S
skillful handling of it. Her approach to
it and something of the incident and color
of the tale may be seen from the follow
ing paragraphs in her first chapter:
I'm a sheer southern mountain pass,
known as Cumberland Gap, there stands
a monument in honor of man who cut
a road"
'Many countries have had important
highways. Some have been wide and
firm to please ambitious kings. Others,
rough and winding up and down the
land, have been worn by beasts OF bur
of government or trade. Our American
roadway was a mere trail, blazed through
thicket and timber, and the roadmaller
was backwoodsman.''
He was born in the early days Of
America, when our great land was large
ly wilderness, with white men living
only in the lowlands east of the Ale
snanV mountains, where they themselves
or their fathers had settled after the
long crossing from the old world. Be
You'd the mountains, as far as the Pa
cific ocean. lay forests. plains and
wastes unknown and uninhabited save
by wild creatures and hostile Indians
AS the Young country grew in power and
ponuiatfon, the English colonists needed
this virgin land. and it became some
ones duty to blaze trail through this
trackless region westward over which
settlers might make their way and Daniel
Boone proved to be the man"
1.-THE TNPRFTENDERS."
BY Anne Warwick The John Lane COM
many, publishers. New York.
In Anne Warwick's book entitled 'The
Tnpretenders," the reader has 10 stories
presented, each cevery written and di-
vereent as to plot
Although each Is a separate story the
10 are linked together bv the reappear-
arce of some of the characters. Each Of
| the tales has for hero or heroine some
man or woman whom their friends regard
as Just a plain woman, or simply q
society person. or clearly clubman,
and who Is in reality very much more.
Anne. the plain woman" is actually the