Condition: Acceptable: Signs of wear and consistent use.
Blue cloth with a full-colour pasted-on pictorial on the front panel; lettered in green on the spine; illustrated endpapers; dark green upper edge. Light wear at the corners with some darkening on the spine. Hinges tight, gutters intact. Cover art and interior illustrations by James Daugherty - four full colour plates along with ten full page black and white drawings and numerous spot drawings. Edgewear, and spine and corners show wear. Previous owner's ex libre plate inside front cover. See images for the condition of this book.
The illustrations are gorgeous in this book!!!!
Blurb: When we think of American pioneers we recall automatically certain names-Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Kit Carson, perhaps Simon Kenton. Of course there were hundreds, yes, thousands of others, who met the same dangers, exhibited at least approximate skill, fought the same savages. But the names of most of them are unknown: and of the rest only the especial student is aware. Often the more obscure men have performed specific deeds that common legend ascribes to better knowa names. Columbus, as we know, was really not the first to discover America. Common belief has it that Daniel Boone **discovered** Kentucky; but actually, as we shall see, he first entered Kentucky lured by the glowing tales of a man named Finley who had, with others, preceded him. Did you ever hear of Finley? But we have all heard of Boone...
