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Author:

Pearl, Matthew, author.

Title:

The taking of Jemima Boone : colonial settlers, tribal nations, and the kidnap that shaped America / Matthew Pearl.

Edition:

First Harper Large Print edition.

Publisher:

Harper Large Printan imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

viii, 398 pages (large print) : illustration ; 23 cm

Subject:

Boone, Daniel,--1734-1820.
Indian captivities--Kentucky--History--18th century.
Indians of North America--Kentucky--History--18th century.
Kentucky--History--18th century.
Large type books.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-398).

Summary:

Explores the little-known true story of the kidnapping of thirteen-year-old Jemima Boone, Daniel Boone's daughter, by a Cherokee-Shawnee raiding party and the ensuing battle with reverberations that nobody could predict.

ISBN:

0063118335
9780063118331

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1272901303

Locations:

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

REPC017 -- Greenfield Public Library (Greenfield)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

RFPC397 -- Stuart Public Library (Stuart)