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Who was Daniel Boone?
A look at the life and accomplishments of the famous pioneer, Daniel Boone.
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Daniel Boone en route pour le Kentucky
Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur Daniel Boone et la conquête de l'Ouest en moins d'une heure! Dès son plus jeune âge, Daniel Boone n'a qu'une passion: l'aventure. Les années passant, ses explorations le mènent de plus en plus loin, jusqu'à ce qu'il pénètre dans le Kentucky, terre sauvage encore très peu explorée, pleine de ressources et regorgeant de promesses. La conquête de l'Ouest américain ne fait que commencer… Ce livre vous permettra d'en savoir plus sur:
• La vie du navigateur
• Le contexte politique et social de l'époque
• Son expédition (carte à l'appui)
• Les répercussions de son voyage Le mot de l'éditeur:
« Dans ce numéro de la collection « 50MINUTES | Grandes Découvertes », Gauthier Godart nous dévoile la vie de ce pionnier américain. Si beaucoup connaissent le personnage grâce à la série télévisée des années soixante ou grâce aux nombreux romans qui lui étaient dédiés, peu connaissent vraiment l'incroyable parcours de ce frontiersman. Loin de l'image du sanguinaire chasseur d'Amérindiens, il a surtout marqué l'histoire par son infatigable soif de découverte. Par son courage et sa ténacité, Daniel Boone est parvenu à s'inscrire comme l'un des pionniers les plus marquants de l'histoire des États-Unis. »
Stéphanie Dagrain À PROPOS DE LA SÉRIE 50MINUTES | Grandes Découvertes
La série « Grandes Découvertes » de la collection « 50MINUTES » aborde plus de cinquante explorations territoriales qui ont bouleversé notre connaissance du monde. Chaque livre a été pensé pour les lecteurs curieux qui veulent faire le tour d'un sujet précis en allant à l'essentiel, et ce en moins d'une heure. Nos auteurs mêlent les faits historiques et les analyses aux nouvelles recherches pour rendre accessibles des siècles d'histoire.
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The trailblazing life of Daniel Boone : and how early Americans took to the road
Profiles the life and adventures of Daniel Boone; chronicling his childhood in Pennsylvania, service in the French and Indian War, journey across the Appalachians, and settlement of Boonesboro, Kentucky; and includes illustrations, maps, and primary source quotations.
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Frontier Androgyny: An Archetypal Female Hero in The Adventures of Daniel Boone
Influential American studies scholars of the mid-twentieth century, such as R. W. B. Lewis, Henry Nash Smith, and Leslie A. Fiedler, focussed attention on a mythic American character, the frontiersman who penetrates the wilderness. These critics provided analyses of figures such as Daniel Boone and his fictional counterpart, Natty Bumppo, and discussed the power the romanticized western frontier had over the American imagination. Their observations were accurate, as far as they went. However, these critics did not acknowledge the many narratives in which a female character conquers the frontier. The assumption seemed to be that the literary female figure belonged in the parlor with her sewing basket and not in the forest with her weapon. Unfortunately, this incomplete assessment of the frontier adventure genre is still in evidence today. In this essay, I work towards the development of a more complete understanding of the American frontier story and point out that, even in the iconic John Filson/John Trumbull Boone tale, we find a mini-narrative involving a female hero who triumphs over the “savage” forces of the wilderness. This female figure became a cultural archetype, and similar versions of her story were repeated in countless captivity and western adventure anthologies, almanacs, and the like for the next seventy years. The popularity of this frontier narrative featuring a strong, violent female figure suggests that readers were accepting of the idea of an active, aggressive woman, at least while she was contending with chaotic forces in the wilderness. The popularity of this kind of narrative also undercuts the traditional gender paradigm (the nurturing passive female versus the active aggressive male) too often imposed by scholars on antebellum American letters and culture.
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The Wilderness Road
\"The Wilderness Road was a major route of travel for American settlers heading west for several decades in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries.\" (Social Studies for Kids) Read more about the Wilderness Road.
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Daniel Boone
\"Daniel Boone is one of America's most famous explorers. He is perhaps more well-known for fictional accounts of his life and actions than for things that he actually did. Still, his accomplishments were significant.\" (Social Studies for Kids) Read more about the life of Daniel Boone.
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The Other Daniel Boone: The Nascence of a Middle-Class Hunter Hero, 1784-1860
The origin of the personality cult surrounding frontier hero Daniel Boone in the decades before the Civil War is discussed.
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Daniel Boone: American Pioneer and Explorer
\"Daniel Boone (1734-1820) was an American pioneer, soldier, and explorer.\" (ENCHANTED LEARNING) In 1773, Boone led the first group of settlers through the Cumberland Gap and into Kentucky. Learn more about this frontiersman and American folk hero in this biography.
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