Boone - A Biography

Informationen zum Autor Robert Morgan is the bestselling author of numerous works of fiction—including the Oprah Book Club selection Gap Creek—and non-fiction, and is also an established poet with fourteen collections to his credit. Born in Hendersonville, NC, he teaches at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, where he is Kappa Alpha Professor of English. Klappentext The story of Daniel Boone is the story of America—its ideals, its promise, its romance, and its destiny. Bestselling, critically acclaimed author Robert Morgan reveals the complex character of a frontiersman whose heroic life was far stranger and more fascinating than the myths that surround him.This rich, authoritative biography offers a wholly new perspective on a man who has been an American icon for more than two hundred years—a hero as important to American history as his more political contemporaries George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. Extensive endnotes, cultural and historical background material, and maps and illustrations underscore the scope of this distinguished and immensely entertaining work. Zusammenfassung Brings colonial America to life. This book examines the domestic, political, cultural, and natural world of early America. It contains maps and illustrations.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Morgan
• Publisher: Workman Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.09.2008
• EAN: 9781565126152
• ISBN: 978-1-56512-615-2
• No. of pages: 538
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Shannon Ravenel Books (Paperba; Shannon Ravenel Books (Paperba
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, Biography: adventurers and explorers