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• The William B. Crawley Great Lives Lecture Series

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  Biography is the most intimate approach to history – and the most entertaining. UMW’s Great Lives lecture series reveals how extraordinary people – some born to privilege and power others from modest backgrounds – shaped art, literature, science,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Taking of Jemima Boone

  Colonial Settlers, Tribal Nations, and the Kidnap That Shaped America

  Pearl, Matthew

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  From acclaimed author Matthew Pearl comes a gripping work of narrative nonfiction that explores the little-known details and dramatic fallout of the 1776 kidnapping of Daniel Boone's teenage daughter, Jemima.

• The Appalachian Frontier

  America's First Surge Westward

  Caruso, John Anthony

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  A chronicle of early American westward expansion between the Ohio and Tennessee rivers from the 1650s until Tennessee's statehood in 1796. This title utilizes personal stories of figures, such as Daniel Boone, to capture the human drama of frontier…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Blood and Treasure

  Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier

  Drury, Bob

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  A harrowing look at the brutal conditions of America's first frontier, west of the Appalachian Mountains. The author portrays Boone not as a caricature, but as a complex individual, caught up in the violent conflicts between colonists and American…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Boone

  a Biography

  Morgan, Robert, 1944-

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  This title examines the many facets of Boone's story. More than just a skilled hunter and trailblazer, he was a nuanced figure who was also a Revolutionary War soldier, legislator, and visionary who lamented the loss of the wilderness he helped to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Founding Mothers

  Women in America in the Revolutionary Era

  De Pauw, Linda Grant

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  Moving beyond the familiar narratives of Founding Fathers, historian Linda Grant De Pauw unearths the crucial, often overlooked, contributions of women during the American Revolution.

• The Long Hunter

  a New Life of Daniel Boone

  Elliott, Lawrence

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  From his legendary adventures in Kentucky to the siege of Boonesborough and a humiliating court-martial, this is the gritty, human story of a legendary figure who helped forge a new nation.

• The Shawnees and the War for America

  Calloway, Colin G. (Colin Gordon), 1953-

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  This title examines the complex conflicts, political maneuvers, and alliances of both the Shawnee and American settlers, bringing historical figures such as Tecumseh, Daniel Boone, and Andrew Jackson to life.

• Three Virginia Frontiers

  Abernethy, Thomas Perkins, 1890-1975

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  An exploration of the successive waves of westward expansion in colonial Virginia, examining the distinct social and economic characteristics that developed in the Tidewater, Piedmont and Valley, and Kentucky frontiers.