Title:
The taking of Jemima Boone : colonial settlers, tribal nations, and the kidnap that shaped America
Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Date:
2021
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
©2021
Physical Description:
272 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780062937780
Abstract:
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.
Contents:
Cast of characters -- Prologue -- The taking. Duck ; Bloody ground ; The plan ; Ends of the Earth -- Retaliation. Fallout ; Rise of Blackfish ; Families -- The reckoning. Risen ; Before the thunder ; The last siege ; Aftershocks.
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Language:
English
