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

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

Summary

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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272 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 976.9 PEA in Adult Non-fiction Available
Kingsley Branch Library 976.9 PEA in Adult Non-fiction Available

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