My father, Daniel Boone
Subtitle: the Draper interviews with Nathan Boone
By: edited by Neal O. Hammon ; with an introduction by Nelson L. Dawson.
Contributors: Boone, Olive Van Bibber, 1783-1858.; Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891.; Hammon, Neal O.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Lexington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820.; Boone, Nathan, 1781-1856 -- Interviews.; Boone, Olive Van Bibber, 1783-1858 -- Interviews.; Pioneers -- Kentucky -- Biography.; Frontier and pioneer life -- Kentucky.; Kentucky -- Biography.
Description: "Born in 1815, archivist Lyman Draper was a tireless collector of oral history and is responsible for much of what we know about Daniel Boone."--BOOK JACKET.

"In an 1851 visit with Boone's youngest son, Nathan, and Nathan's wife, Olive, Draper produced over three hundred pages of notes that became the most important source of information about Daniel. The interviews provide a wealth of accurate, first-hand information concerning Boone's years in Kentucky, his capture by Indians, his defense of Fort Boonesboro, his lengthy hunting expeditions, and his final years in Missouri."--BOOK JACKET.

"My Father, Daniel Boone is an engaging account of one of America's great pioneers, in which Nathan makes a point of separating fact from fiction. From explaining the methods his father used to track game to detailing how land speculation and legal problems from title claims caused Boone to leave Kentucky and take up residence farther west, Nathan Boone's portrait of his father brings a crucial period in frontier history to life."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-169) and index.
Lyman Draper's 1851 interviews with Nathan and Olive Boone.
Genealogical tables on endpapers.