Daniel Boone: 2 [Hardcover]

James Daugherty (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Viking Juvenile; First Edition edition (January 1, 1939)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0670255890
• ISBN-13: 978-0670255894
• Product Dimensions: 20 x 20 x 20 inches
• Shipping Weight: 20 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,636,405 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fine Newbery Winner, June 12, 2000

By 

D. Phillips "Film fanatic and librarian" (CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Daniel Boone: 2 (Hardcover)

In a nonfictionalized text and bold illustrations, the author not only portrays the famous American trailblazer, but provides an authentic picture of pioneer life at the beginning of the great Westward movement. The biography begins with Boone's youth in Pennsylvania and closes on the day he died in Missouri at the age of eighty-six.

Appropriate emphasis is put on Boone's important role in the opening up and settlement of Kentucky. Boone proved to be the ideal man for this time. The author's style, vigorous and simple like the subject's life conveys the pioneer spirit and suggests the frontier speech without reproducing the idiom in tedious detail. The lithographs of pioneers and Indians--done in black, brown and forest green--enhance the epic proportions of the narrative.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a great and distinguished biography, May 24, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Daniel Boone: 2 (Hardcover)

Daniel Boone is very distinguished biography. It has deserved a great honor by winning the Newbery Medal. This biography is about Daniel Boone's life during his Indian wars in Fort Boonesboruogh and Transylvania, his meeting John Finley, his long hunting trips, his more terrible migrations and his inspiration for opening the Cumberland Gap. I thoroughly loved it. The reason I've only rated it four stars is because at the beggining, and some other passages scattered throughout the book, it got a bit confusing. Another minor drawback was that Mr. Daugherty had not written much about Daniel Boone's childhood. Besides that, it's a very accurate story and people who want to know more Daniel Boone's expeditions should read this book for sure.
I'll just put a tiny complaint in. The guy who rated this book one star made me a bit mad. I mean, not all people might enjoy this book, but that guy's review was a bit extreme, no offense. Honestly, Daniel Boone isn't a sorry biography. I know.
So if you're a fan of American heroes who were pioneers, and you don't have anything else to do, read this. It'll teach you more about Daniel Boone than you already know.

12 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A biography that won the Newbery Medal., May 23, 1999

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R. D. Allison ([e-mail]) (Gainesville, Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Daniel Boone: 2 (Hardcover)

A short biography of Daniel Boone (1734-1820) written by James Daughtery for children, probably for ages 10-14. It won the 1940 Newbery Medal for best contribution to American children's literature. This was a good biography when it first appeared, but better ones have been published since 1939.