{"product_id":"daniel-boone-and-the-hunters-of-kentucky","title":"Daniel Boone, and the Hunters of Kentucky","description":"390 [2] pp. Illustrated. Daniel Boone, (born c. November 2, 1734, Berks county, Pennsylvania [U.S.]—died c. September 26, 1820, St. Charles county, Missouri, U.S.), early American frontiersman and legendary hero who helped blaze a trail through Cumberland Gap, a notch in the Appalachian Mountains near the juncture of Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Boone had little formal schooling but learned to read and write. As a youth, he moved with his family (English Quakers) to the Yadkin River valley region on the North Carolina frontier. Most of his life was spent as a wandering hunter and trapper. He reached as far south as Florida and at least as far west as present-day Missouri and possibly Nebraska during his travels. Many white people had traversed Kentucky before Boone; hence, the legend that he was its discoverer needs qualification. Boone first went a short way through Cumberland Gap to hunt in the fall of 1767, and he and several companions returned to Kentucky to trap and hunt in 1769–71. He returned to North Carolina with little material gain, but he had acquired considerable knowledge of the Kentucky and north-central Tennessee region in his explorations. In 1773 Boone undertook to lead his own and several other families to Kentucky, but the group was attacked by Cherokee Indians just beyond the last settlement. Two of the party, including Boone’s son James, were captured, tortured, and murdered, whereupon the survivors turned back. - Britannica","brand":"Miller, Orton \u0026 Mulligan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40660356333638,"sku":"2335962","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/products\/2335962.jpg?v=1690981290","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/daniel-boone-and-the-hunters-of-kentucky","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}