OUR PIONEER HEROES AND THEIR DARING DEEDS

     Many are the books that give in interesting detail and
adventures of a single or a few hereos, or of a restricted region
of the American frontier.  But it has been the conception of this
volume to present a broad view, embracing the more celebrated
episodes of the life led by the most noted pioneer explorers, early
settlers and brave soldiers who have won distinction in border
warfare.  It is surely a worthy task to gather, in a natural,
chronological succession, records of those thrilling exploits, the
recitals of which, oft repeated, have secured their hereos
immortality.

     It is thought that those incidents most characteristic of a
man and his times, and possessing the most interest to the reader
have been chosen.

     So many different volumes have been consulted, that to refer
each statement to the authority upon which it is based would
needlessly encumber the book.  When the original possesses special
interest, as in the case of Boone's Autobiography, or Crockett's
Diary in the Alamo, it is specially quoted.

                                   D.M.K.


COLONEL DANIEL BOONE 
  
  

 

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