Daniel Boone: The Pioneer of Kentucky (American Pioneers and Patriots)

Many suppose that Daniel Boone was a rough coarse backwoodsman almost as savage as the bears he pursued in the chase or the Indians whose terrors he so perseveringly braved. Instead of this he was one of the most mild and unboastful of men. --John S.C. Abbott Preface 1872American historian John S.C. Abbott wrote Daniel Boone--The Pioneer of Kentucky (1872) as part of his American Pioneers and Patriots series. Daniel Boone (1734-1820) an American pioneer frontiersman and legendary hero who is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now Kentucky.