The taking of Jemima Boone : colonial settlers, tribal nations, and the kidnap that shaped America /...
The taking of Jemima Boone : colonial settlers, tribal nations, and the kidnap that shaped America /...
The taking of Jemima Boone : colonial settlers, tribal nations, and the kidnap that shaped America / Matthew Pearl.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Call Numbers
G 2021/2610
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
272 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
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.
Publication information
Publisher
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2021]
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Scope and Contents
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.
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Full title
The taking of Jemima Boone : colonial settlers, tribal nations, and the kidnap that shaped America / Matthew Pearl.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-260) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2021
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G 2021/2610
Record Identifier
74VKaXLxkkBA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaXLxkkBA
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ISBN
0062937782
9780062937780
DDC
976.902092
MMS ID
991024436228202626
