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

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pearl, Matthew (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
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Table of 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.