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1) Daniel Boone
Series
Publisher
Saddleback Pub
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
2) Daniel Boone
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
How much do you know about Daniel Boone? Find out the facts you need to know about this pioneer and explorer in early America. You'll learn about the early life, challenges, and major accomplishments of this famous American.
3) Daniel Boone
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Language
English
Description
Daniel Boone was a hunter and a woodsman. Find out how he explored the unknown lands beyond the Appalachian Mountains, especially the area known as Kentucky. The book also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension. Downloadable Teacher Notes available.
4) Daniel Boone
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Daniel Boone loved to explore and hunt in the wilderness. As a boy, he learned the ways of the woods from Indians and hunters. Then Daniel heard of a place called Kentucky and he decided to move west. In his quest for adventure, Daniel inspired others to explore the American West--and became a legend.
5) Daniel Boone
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English
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Daniel Boone was an American pioneer. He braved the new frontiers of Kentucky and Missouri, among others, and made a name for himself. Readers will find out more about this fascinating figure in American history and how he became a legend. Presented in graphic-novel format, this nonfiction biography will appeal to readers at all levels.
6) Daniel Boone
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English
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While his name is familiar to many people, his many deeds and exploits are not. Throughout his life, Daniel Boone switched from one adventure to another. He explored new places despite the presence of danger and death, and he went on long wilderness hunting trips that were daily battles of survival. Through it all Boone moved steadily onward, consumed with a burning desire to see what was over the next ridge or where the next trail would lead. His...
7) Daniel Boone
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English
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The little fleet of three small vessels, with which Columbus left Palos in Spain, in search of a new world, had been sixty-seven days at sea. They had traversed nearly three thousand miles of ocean, and yet there was nothing but a wide expanse of waters spread out before them. The despairing crew were loud in their murmurs, demanding that the expedition should be abandoned and that the ships should return to Spain...
8) Daniel Boone
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Language
English
Description
In 1775, Daniel Boone (George O'Brien) leads thirty settler families to Kentucky where they face two threats: Indian raiders led by renegade white Simon Girty, (John Carradine) who opposes settlement; and the schemes of effete Stephen Marlowe (Ralph Forbes) to seize title to the new lands. Perils, battles, escapes, and a love interest round out the story.
9) Daniel Boone
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English
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From the Chelsea House Explorers of New Worlds series, this book traces the life of a famous American frontiersman.
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English
Description
"Many dark and sleepless nights have I been a companion for owls, separated from the cheerful society of men, scorched by the summer's sun and pinched by the winter's cold-an instrument ordained to settle the wilderness." Motivated by a powerful sense of purpose, Daniel Boone blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap. Thousands followed, settling in Boonesborough, Kentucky, to form one of the first English-speaking communities west of...
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English
Description
Daniel Boone is often known for a coonskin cap, but more than that, he was one of America's greatest explorers! Readers will learn about Daniel's adventurous life as he hunted and trapped animals, created a "Wilderness Road", and rescued his daughter from Shawnee Indians! This fascinating book features informational text, lively images and drawings, and a helpful glossary, index, and timeline of Boone's life.
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English
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One of the most famous pioneers in United States history, Daniel Boone (1734–1820) spent most of his life exploring and settling the American frontier. He was instrumental in finding and improving the first wilderness trails between the Carolinas and the west, allowing for the settlement of Kentucky. Later in his life, Boone moved his family west again, leading hundreds of settlers to new homes in Missouri. Boone had numerous encounters with the...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides a brief introduction to Daniel Boone, his accomplishments, and his impact on American history. Crafted with a wealth of detail and rich illustrations, each biography in this appealing collection offers 32 pages that entice readers to discover the remarkable people who built our great nation. The primary narrative focuses on the childhood, education, motivations, and achievements of a key American figure, while special sidebars introduce related...
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Español
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This book focuses on Daniel Boone an American pioneer, explorer, and woodsman, who is, credited with the exploration and settlement of Kentucky. It, provides an introduction, to the life of Daniel Boone, a true environmentalist, whose discoveries inspired songs, books, and city parks. This celebratory volume contains original artwork, historical context of the story, recounts the folktale from diverse cultures, and defines words unique to the story....
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English
Description
Through the untamed wilderness, Daniel Boone marched forward. He was leading a group of workers to carve out the Wilderness Road. Over hills, through dense forests, along stony paths, and fending off American Indian attacks, Boone never quit. He opened the way for thousands of settlers to move west, establishing the settlement of Booneseborough in 1775. He had many jobs, hunter, scout, soldier, surveyor, and performed them all with the same courage...