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The taking of Jemima Boone : colonial settlers, tribal nations, and the kidnap that shaped America Cover Image Book Book

The taking of Jemima Boone : colonial settlers, tribal nations, and the kidnap that shaped America / Matthew Pearl.

Pearl, Matthew, (author.).

Summary:

"On a quiet midsummer day in 1776, weeks after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, thirteen-year-old Jemima Boone and her friends Betsy and Fanny Callaway disappear near the Kentucky settlement of Boonesboro, the echoes of their faraway screams lingering on the air. A Cherokee-Shawnee raiding party has taken the girls as the latest salvo in the blood feud between American Indians and the colonial settlers who have decimated native lands and resources. Hanging Maw, the raiders' leader, recognizes one of the captives as Jemima Boone, daughter of Kentucky's most influential pioneers, and realizes she could be a valuable pawn in the battle to drive the colonists out of the contested Kentucky territory for good. With Daniel Boone and his posse in pursuit, Hanging Maw devises a plan that could ultimately bring greater peace both to the tribes and the colonists. But after the girls find clever ways to create a trail of clues, the raiding party is ambushed by Boone and the rescuers in a battle with reverberations that nobody could predict. As Matthew Pearl reveals, the exciting story of Jemima Boone's kidnapping vividly illuminates the early days of America's westward expansion, and the violent and tragic clashes across cultural lines that ensue." -- From dust jacket.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062937780
  • ISBN: 0062937782
  • ISBN: 9780062937803
  • ISBN: 0062937804
  • Physical Description: 272 pages : illustration, genealogical table ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-260) and index.

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Subject: Boone, Jemima > Captivity.
Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820.
Colonists.
Indian captivities > Kentucky > History > 18th century.
Indians of North America > Kentucky > History > 18th century.
Kentucky > History > 18th century.
Genre: Informational works.
Biographies.
Illustrated works.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.

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North Kansas City Public Library 976.902092 PEARL 2021 (Text) 0001002382834 Nonfiction Available -

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