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Boone

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This is a well done book putting a nice spin on the life of Daniel Boone. It brings together historical facts from the time of this early pioneer and adds a host of interesting fictional characters and adventures. Nothing like a 12 month trapping and hunting excursion to make a guy homesick...well, at least for a couple days or so.

I was impressed with this book. Definitely a recommended read.

Daniel Boone was a mass of contradictions: peace loving - yet a warrior hero; family oriented - yet an adventurer who left his wife and children for months or years at a time; an adopted Native American who lived like his native brothers - yet point man for the aggressive white civilization. Judd captures all of that in an absorbing story about the pivotal years of Boone's life. Check out the newer editions for a better-edited story. Boone: A Novel of an American Legend

I have read all of Cameron Judds books. He is, without a doubt, my favorite western writer. I wish he would write some new books. It's been a while...

After a couple of missteps in trying to find books to recount the life of this infamous frontiersman, I found my way to this gem. Amazingly, via an entertaining and insightful novel, Judd has given us access to Daniel Boone's life and times in a way that no autobiography probably could. The reader is able to absorb the facts and the history of the era and of Boone's years from his early 20s to his early 50s, but wrapped deliciously inside the likely emotions of the lead character, and the side characters. And if Daniel Boone emoted anything like he is portrayed in the book, he was surely a man of high character, good morals, and had a heart for everyone...including his adversaries. But that's not the whole picture presented here. Boone had financial troubles, and he chased a dream that really advanced the American cause more than his own life...the conquest of Kentucky. The point is that Judd gives us the whole picture of Boone's life, and lets us stare at whatever part of the "painting" that we like best. What a book!

This was a "can't put down" book, and deep enough to hold my interest. Mr. Judd had a wonderful way of describing scenes that take the reader into the book. He has used history in a way that complements historical fact while fictionalizing it. Not a boring page in the entire book.All Things