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1) The taking of Jemima Boone: colonial settlers, tribal nations, and the kidnap that shaped America
Author
Language
English
Description
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.
2) The taking of Jemima Boone: colonial settlers, tribal nations, and the kidnap that shaped a nation
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In 1776, a Cherokee-Shawnee raiding party takes thirteen-year-old Jemima Boone captive, hoping that she will be a valuable pawn in the battle to drive the colonists out of the Kentucky territory for good.
Author
Language
English
Description
Get the Summary of Matthew Pearl's The Taking of Jemima Boone in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: 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.
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