Blood and Treasure : Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier
Blood and Treasure : Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier
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Author(s): Clavin, Tom
Drury, Bob
ISBN No.: 9781250247131
Pages: 400
Year: 202104
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 41.39
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

Praise for Blood and Treasure : "Masterfully researched saga." -- The Virginia Gazette "Bob Drury and Tom Clavin together have given us a half-dozen elegantly written narratives of exhilarating episodes in American history. [Blood and Treasure] may be the authors' finest work to date. Redolent of time and place, a raw and rugged tale." -- Wall Street Journal "For anyone who loves the adventurous side of American history, "Blood and Treasure" is a gem. It's full of action, thorough and wide. Seek out this treasure and you won't be disappointed." --Terri Schlichenmeyer for the Wyoming Tribune Eagle "Bob Drury and Tom Clavin, challenge conventional wisdom about an American origin story and, in the process, weave a tale fit for the big screen.


" -- Washington Free Beacon "Clavin and Drury return with an enlightening biography of Daniel Boone set against the backdrop of 18th-century America's conflicts with England and Native tribes. [They] successfully separate fact from fiction while keeping the pages turning. History buffs will be entertained." -- Publishers Weekly "Popular historians Drury and Clavin deliver a ripsnortin' tale of the early frontier and its first and most powerful legend. [ Blood and Treasure ] offers a vivid account of Boone's frontier years, one that may not be for the faint of heart." -- Kirkus " Blood and Treasure tells the Boone story through the prism of the larger struggle for the frontier. It is a substantial and lively book by an accomplished history-writing duo." -- National Review Praise for the work of Drury and Clavin: "A ripping yarn.


" --Laura Miller, Salon "Vivid.Lively.A tale of lies, trickery, and brutal slaughter." --Christopher Corbett, The Wall Street Journal "A page-turner.the narrative has a remarkable immediacy." --Kate Tuttle, The Boston Globe "Exquisitely told.remarkably detailed." -- USA Today "Filled with an overabundance of details .


" --Dallas Morning News "Drury and Clavin have now given us the fullest and most readable account . against which all subsequent efforts must be measured." --Joseph J. Ellis, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Founding Brothers "The word 'epic' is overused these days. Not here. This is big, blazing history writ large." --S.C.


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