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The taking of Jemima Boone : colonial settlers, tribal nations, and the kidnap that shaped America  Cover Image Large Print Book Large Print Book

The taking of Jemima Boone : colonial settlers, tribal nations, and the kidnap that shaped America / Matthew Pearl.

Pearl, Matthew, (author.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063118331
  • ISBN: 0063118335
  • Physical Description: viii, 398 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
  • Edition: First Harper Large Print edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Boone, Jemima > Captivity.
Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820.
Large type books.
Indigenous captivities > Kentucky > History > 18th century.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Kentucky > History > 18th century.
Kentucky > History > 18th century.

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  • 3 of 3 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library LARGE TYPE 976.2 PEARL (Text) 50686016147907 Adult Nonfiction Available -
DuBois Public Library LP FIC PEARL (Text) 61000100082706 Large Print Nonfiction Available -
Trone Memorial Library (East Berlin) LP 976.9 PEARL (Text) 35740635778194 Large Print Nonfiction Available -


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